I Wish This Night Would Last Forever

by H.L. Dowless

Image credit: Sebastian Unrau on Unsplash

I wish this night would last forever,

I long to pull the light of the sun away,

I’m tired of chasing after a golden scepter,

More duty expected is revealed by the light of day.

Oh,

If I could only roam some lone wooded valley,

And camp by a briskly moving mountain stream,

Then I would never be expected to maintain any sort of tally,

And maybe then I could live my exotic inner dream.

I could converse with the enchanted wood nymphs,

Upon being awakened by the songs of birds,

Every now and again I’d hear the splash of a fish,

And never any raging angry disparaging words.

I know there may be some scheming succubus,

I am aware there could be an occasional bear,

But in spring and summer I’d simply remain in one place,

And there would be a-plenty in the deep woods to share.

Here I am stuck in this corrupting world of men,

Searching for the exceptional only to possess the basic;

I'm literally running round in circles not knowing where to begin,

I feel like I'm going crazy!

Lord,

I’ve touched every base,

But that’s still not enough,

I’ve shook every money tree!

I’m to a point I wish I could simply up and vanish without a trace,

Forever leaving this realm of infinite drudgery.

If only this night would last forever,

I utterly dread beholding the light of day.

Here nobody expects me to find any golden leaver,

And the magic kingdom of midnight fantasy could rule in its way.

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H.L. Dowless

The author is a thirty five year veteran writer who loves traveling, engaging in a variety of outdoor activities, and living life on the edge. One of his favorite places to live is on a cruise ship for writers, sailing around the whole wide world. Otherwise he is likely to call port oasis and seaside college towns from Spain and Italy, to Latin America and the USA home