The Long Nights Moon

Photo: (c) Jamie K. Reaser

Tell me one more time, what is it that

makes you restless? The long nights moon

has arrived and darkness settled in for awhile.

This is the season for dreaming.

It used to be that I could count stars with

my eyes solidly shut. I knew the pitched sky

from the inside out. Night was peace.

Night was solitude.

Things changed. I lost sight of tranquility.

This truth-challenged world took possession

of the awake, of my awakened heart.

Tell me one more time, what is it that

makes you restless? The long nights moon

has arrived and darkness settled in for awhile.

This is the season of longing.

I find myself in constant motion, trying to get

to some place that is safe for all of us. Some place

that I can invite you to. Some place that my

heart can rest.

I still believe in dreams. I still believe that we can

turn possibilities into something. I still believe

that there is a place that we can be together.

Awake or asleep, safe.

Tell me one more time, what is it that

makes you restless? The long nights moon

has arrived and darkness settled in for awhile.

This is the season for dreamers.

This is the season for dreamers.

© 2017-2019/Jamie K. Reaser

From "Truth and Beauty" (a work in progress)

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