After Nightfall

From behind silvered clouds moon peeks an eye

Whippoorwill warbles evensong's sweet lullaby

Upon the tranquil waters drifts a drowsy haze

That twilight has it's way of carrying away in dream

New-sprung stars twinkle welcome to this world

One by one they jewel the sky

Over yonder meadow where stir the deer

Silhouetted against full moon's watchful glow

Marsh creatures commence in the languishing light

From the chaparral to tenor the song of a secret choir

None other reason, save, for to uplift the heart

Well-wisher's song on the night breeze drifts

For many a wayfarer have wandered

A thousand miles into the depths of night

In need of a blessing in their darkest hour

Where the night jasmine steals away on the breeze

And in gentle flight a blessing takes wing

For it is the destiny of a Godsend find it's way

Beyond a flight of fancy to where dreams are made

And where better to feel so tender a touch

Than in the peaceable stillness where the thicket is dark

For sometimes flight must perish from even the swift

Who for awhile after nightfall are summoned to rest

And when found themselves surrounded by the stillness of night

Discover sweeter are the blessings in the midnight hour.

~ Paige Gray ~