Wakefulness

In the calm of the night when the world sleeps

I find myself restless as the mind leaps

 

I try asking, even probe to look within

But all I get back is nothing, much to my chagrin

 

What is it that possesses my thoughts

Have tried to reason it out but always lost

 

Do I feel the need to speak but find my throat hoarse

Often wonder should I not let it be as the words will find their own course

 

Have tossed and turned through umpteen nights

But have never figured what are my plights

 

People tell me I should let go of whatever I’m thinking

So as to ease my mind and leave it resting

 

It makes me wonder and abandons me to pondering

There’s nothing for me to deliberate which furthers the baffling

 

I can’t shake the feeling of helplessness

Which comes upon me with the ache of wakefulness 

 

But something the night offers which the day cant

‘Tis this weary silence that touches the heart

 

In the quietness that surrounds, to the subconscious it travels

Caresses my innermost senses, cajoling them to unravel

 

Whispering tales, some secrets or even sharing its pain

Let’s me feel that my hours awake did not completely go in vain

 

My mind has come to rest, feeling afresh and renewed

Suddenly it dawns on me that it’s time for another night to bid adieu!