Eternal Sleep

Clouds shift

Swallowing the moon

And with it, all hints of light

But the dark doesn’t scare me

She has become my friend,

My confidante

For only when she’s around

Do my eyes trust themselves to be honest

And let the tears flow

She soothes me

Caresses my tear-stained cheek

And whispers in my ears

Words of comfort,

Strength

She tells me to wait for peace

But tonight I am inconsolable

“How long”,

Ask I

“How long must I wait for the end?

This overwhelming pain

Is dragging me under

And try as I might;

Fight as I might

My strength wanes

And in moments of sheer weakness

The tears, they spill over”

“Shh”, she says

“It’s all going to be alright.”

With that all is quiet

Not the kind before a storm

Rather the serene kind

Often witnessed

When the night is seen gliding forward

In the hopes of meeting the day

On the horizon

The moon manages to break through

My eyes take in my surroundings

Suddenly I know I am not alone

A presence lurks in the shadows

It approaches me

I should be afraid of this specter

Should fear for my life

But then I ask myself

What good is this life?

This existence without my purpose?

So I smile and I wait…

A welcome numbness

Washes over me

I am desensitized

The presence now stands next to me

I feel it brush across my eyes

Tenderly, as if to wipe my tears

My lids sink

And I begin to drift off to sleep

Eternal sleep.

Reviews

[The dark story]

Wow…this is really ravishing and so touching the way you had penned it.. I love the diction here which really adorns this write and the start was truly elegant with the vivid imagery.
Nice work. Thanks for sharing.