Trouble laden

I challenged the night

Free my thoughts

As well I might.

 

Through shadow mist

My nomadic mind

Sought reprieve

Pain left behind.

 

No light of lamp

Nor glow of dawn

Beset my path

As I trod on.

 

On ebony cowled bridge

As strength did fade

Echoes of life

Near me bade.

 

Thoughts once stone

Rendered by mist

Silence broken

Now tender kissed.

 

From the shadows

Velvet glow

Serene vision

Arose to show.

 

A smile

Beacon of hope

A smile

Promise of tomorrow

 

A smile

Your smile!