Mystery Sounds in an Old New England Boarding School

awakened at 3:00 am to strange noises

Mystery Sounds in an Old New England Boarding School

This past week, well past midnight hour, I have awakened from a fog
     to the sound of
           fingers
   insistently tapping against the centurian panes of
       my second story window.

Inspection by day proves- there is no tree
      nor are there loose wires
      or other things
that could be hitting it
     like that. The roof slopes ununcumbered to the ground.

I cannot help but wonder who or what it could possibly be.
   Your mind can play tricks at
3:00 AM.
      I imagine it is
something alive perhaps an errant coon, an insomniac woodpecker.

Or some lost spirit, maybe a former resident, even, taking a look at what
    this latest tenant has
done with the place.
         Not much really so sorry to
     disappoint you,  Headmaster. No offense intended. Money’s tight.

Then I think… could it be someone, attempting to reach me?
     Is it a higher power, trying to
           get my attention about the latest stupid
thing I may be about
   to do?

Does somebody out there have an urgent message to be related
        that I might only believe
at this hour?
    Or is it actually someone…
someone asking… to be let in?

I have my suspicions and maybe even at this lonely hour
   I afford myself the luxury of
a small wistful dream. What if…?
       but time will not be right for any real admissions
of this nature for a while.

I have not gotten up to look, afraid of what I may or may not see
   reflected in those moonlit panes outside.
I will hold my inquiry
    for now solely in my mind I think.
           and for once... just enjoy this mystery.

 

All possibilities seem equally real in this suspended world 'tween wake and sleep
          If it continues next week, I might just

       light a candle and see what happens then,
              but- the mind can play tricks at 3:00 AM

There may not be any tapping at all.





 

Author's Note

not my best but it was written at 3:00 am

Reviews

[raining]

NO, I think it is one of your best.

get my attention about the latest stupid thing i am about to do... i love the charactor of the words, really good. the whole thing has a late night naturalness. very good writing, raining

[Through the Gateway]

Kinda reminds me of the raven. I can hear the tap-tap-tappings of the ethereal fingers.

Really cool!

[Patient Poet (Yos)]

:-) ... it has its magic, a magic of the little hours before the morning comes, the world can look so diffrent in the middle of the night... I like it , and if you find out what was it or who was it, please update :) Yossi