It’s three in the morning
And the darkness surrounds us
As you sleep
But I cannot sleep
I am fearful of the dark
I know they are coming
My mind is under siege
And I know I am not strong enough to withhold
The army of demons that is about to invade me
I can’t think straight
Should I take refuge within your arms (but I do not want to wake you)
Or do I run
I run
Into the cold and dark of open spaces
But it’s all too much
They are here whispering in the corners of the garden
They begin to taunt me
They laughter hurts my ears
I drop down to the floor as if to vanish in the ground
I lie there in foetal position
Silently weeping, shaking
Then you find me (you always find me)
You scoop me up
You sit me down
You wrap us both in a blanket
Dry my tears
Your voice soothes me
Shhh you say they’ve gone
There’s just you and me
You rock me and it calms me
You take me by the hand
And guide me towards upstairs
You lie me down
and cover me
Climb in beside me
Continuously you rock me
As I drift off to sleep
The darkness is bannished
No longer fearful
For you, my woman, wiser than her years
Always finds me
Rescue’s me
From the darkness of the night
And the demons that taunt me
©Copyright 2013 by June Bolland
