This was where I found you,
here,
in the dark places between days.
I watched many
standing in the daylight
calling you name.
This was where you found me;
in those lonely moments,
where the light couldn’t get in.
Insomniac without the
kiss of unconsciousness,
so I could start again.
Only the visitor,
who came to me
when I found sleep
and locked me in
sheer terror,
everything I could do
to escape.
Walk under street lights,
wonder what it would be like
to live in the trees,
or soar in the dark sky?
No reason why
I had to be
a creature of the light.
Then, the fear would come again.
Transfixed,
like prey,
in the gaze of the predator.
The mind reels,
and all I can feel
is pure terror.
And so, sleep eludes,
until you
find me,
cover me,
and fill me with warmth.
I learn in that moment,
that love
isn’t just a curse.
The darkness is empty again,
just stars,
and Moon,
and dreams.
No more night terrors
come to visit me.
This is where you saved me.
From what?
I truly cannot say,
but there are those
that seek you in the light of day,
and then there are those
who you find
in the night.
Faith is something different
to those
who know its kind.
A different type of benediction,
a special kind of rite.
Faith found in the darkness
says with us
in the light.
HG – 2021
