| Midnight to Dawn |
| Oh to feel the cool midnight air caressing my skin, To touch the earth beneath my bare feet, To run unencumbered by my life's constraints If I could escape my present reality to a grassy knoll A place away from the synthetic energy to lie down on the earth And spend hours happily watching the stars from midnight until dawn I'd breathe in the cool damp air, the sweet scent of the grass, Feel the wetness of the dew in my very own hand and the textrues of our own Mother Nature I could escape the harsh reality of a complicated time I yearn for a simpler time When I met the moon face to face And felt it's natural electricity pass through me and pull me out of my reverie And all of nature strengthen me in a moment I remember those nights when I felt the power of nature Mother Earth and all of my surroundings How I willfully let the time between midnight and dawn soothe my soul the nights I prayed for strength, forgiveness and for love To lie still in the midsts of the sounds of silence from dusk until dawn To wait in the ever building and electric anticipation of the first fiery rays Of the sun on a brand new summer day Know the joy as the sun and the moon began their silent, familier but brief exchange To be filed with the fire as the leaves on the trees became etched in fiery gold light feel the brilliance of the warm colors of the sky in dawn's first light relax as the sounds of the night receded into darkness And the light extend into a brand new day Oh how my soul would be restored My spirit renewed My heart filled Oh how I dream of the time from midnight to dawn |
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