Before You Sleep
 

In moonbeams magic forests, where faeries come to play

And empty dreams are drowsy at the closing of the day.

Is it then, when vespers beckon and glows the darkest star,

You hold your breath and wonder, how close we really are?
 
 

When rainbows crystal fireflies have touched the earth with gold

and telephones are tranquil, their dramas all foretold

Will salty sadness swamp you, when you see what you have done

Two are set for dinner, when needs there, only one
 

When ghosts are growing restless, in stillness, all around

And quiet are the hours fast fallen on the ground.

Oh!, that I could be there when evening shadows creep,

To share those twilight moments, with love, before you sleep
 
 

©Tanith McKlane