Dreaming

~ Candace

I did not sleep until
I heard the owl call
to me and the

crickets sing
a lullaby of
gentle songs

moon and stars
were my night-lights
chasing away the

phantoms that lurked
in the corners of the
night

only then did I dream

—

Over ar dVerse it’s a Quadrille Monday – thanks Bjorn

Published by Candace

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29 thoughts on “Dreaming”

  6. Love it! Love the moon and stars as nightlights. My granddaughter has a “turtle” that has small start shaped holes in its back…and when she goes to bed, you turn the turtle’s light on, and it projects beautiful stars on her ceiling. Lovely.

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  7. Yes, I have had those long nights. Great reassurance, when the living things begin to come awake, so we can finally drip off in that promise of dawn.

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  11. There is something very soothing about the night sounds outside our windows. This reminded me of when I would hear Chuck-Will’s-Widows calling back and forth to one another in the night. A somehow comforting sound I thought.

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