The Night Poem by Wilfred Mellers

The Night
Written by: Wilfred Mellers
July 14,2015


How I dreamt of you, me, and how it use to be
Visions dance in my mind if time I could rewind
How I should've done better for I can't forget her
Life is cruel for a fool to lose such a jewel

Should've done my part for I wasn't so smart
Situation was dread, and I let it all go to my head
If steps I could retrace my actions I'd erase
Still, I'm haunted by the things I've always wanted

My mind won't let it go I know
Useless in trying solace I'm just not finding
By the beat of the drum dreams become undone
You at the tip of my tongue yet still I can't overcome

Words cannot convey how much I want to hide away
To be on holiday and not save it for another day I pray
Oceans boil away to steam for I'm lost in a dream
Watch me as I stumble while mountains crumble

To medicate it's too late so I abdicate
Caught imprisonment my thoughts distraught
Concerns withdrew so why does my mind still pursue?
Long overdue for there's no Cavalry to the rescue

If only you knew and put circumstances on review
Now grown for no one was meant to be alone
The wind you chase to fill an empty space
That itch you cannot scratch is the hole you cannot patch

Once a dream now is a nightmare extreme
Once shined bright now contrite
Lost not found in shallow waters I drown
Despite all, I will those empty spaces fill

Dreams go away I pray
Respite I'll ignore and sleep no more
Please be still and rest until the walls I build
Etherized and comatose my apparatus to remain gelatinous