Waters of Midnight

When I feel the slippery slope sliding under me

Into the realm of somnambulant reality

Another life awaits far from mental agony

An alternative dimension where I’m free,

In the lonely haze of darkness dreams are there

And for a little while I don’t have a care

Slipping into a new life on a misty stair

Such a contrast from my living nightmares,

Take me oh sorceress of the night

Make me forget about my daytime plight

Caress me in the darkness and hold me tight

And just for a little while everything will feel right,

Snow capped mountains and icy clouds in the sky

Was that my mother’s ghost just passing by?

What are God’s secret’s I hate to pry

Mistress of the nocturne you make me sigh,

The fluttering wings of a turtle dove

Another dimension far removed from push and shove

As though from anything I can rise above

I’ll find that languid angel who fits just like a glove,

Gliding over the moonlight waters of midnight

A reflection with stars beyond, what a sight

The interstellar magician flying his emerald kite

A priestess with long flowing hair to nibble and bite,

Two eyes that look upon me without scorn or hate

Coming from the eyes of a celestial mate

Casting a line of silver through the forbidden gate

Trying to lure a Goddess, her name might be Kate,

Then the edges of the horizon ignite from the dawn

And I arise from this couch I’ve been sleeping on

My escape route from reality is just about gone

The dew glistens from out there on the lawn.