Insomnia

I lie awake at night

Waiting for the dawn

I listen to the sounds

As I hear the rest of the world come to a silence

I watch for the shadows to descend

As the silver moon rises

It sheds illumination

On the night’s obscurities

I know they wait for me at journey’s end

All knowing, they wait for the beginning

In deprivation they are real

All the world becomes an illusion

Silently they speak of life

As I slowly die

In agony of bliss.