When the stealthy seconds slip slowly by
On a chillingly calm and lonesome night
And a knowing , friendly star
Winks at me to quell my fears
When the breeze heaves a silent sigh
And fireflies trace a flickering flight
When a nightbird tweets from afar
And another replies from somewhere near
When the meadows echo an infant’s cry
And a mother croons somewhere out of sight
When the clouds conspire to crawl up and mar
The moonlit sky , so bright and clear
Then it is that my dreams refuse to die
And Beauty stalls the Winter’s blight
The lingering pain from old scars
Dissolve in the silence and all is right.
