June 15, 2019Poem
Steal me away
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Steal me away
When the lights go down
Escape is only possible
For a moment
On the darkest nights
When the stars blink out
In unison
Like a flame on a candle
In a rainstorm
As shadowed clouds rage
Across the firmament
Rampant horses
A cavalcade
The heavy brigade
Madly charging
Across an airless wasteland
The cruelty
Of a thankless wind
The rumpled bed
A rudderless ship
The room
An air pocket
Below decks
Wild is the thought
Of leaving
Plucked clean away
Caught in the arms
Of Morpheus
Carried on high
If this were a dream
There would be waking
Not a sensation
Of drowning
Lift me up
Steal me away
Before thunder claps
Like an artillery shell
Shaking me out
From under the spell
Of madness
It is a nightmare
The not knowing
How to find heaven
In hell
Even on a clear day
Steal me away.