Woodland Night Poem by Barry Middleton

in woods upon a moonless night
I lose myself

and just before the dark sets in
there is a hush

then memory holds me listening
to nothingness

the day has put itself to sleep
beneath a dream

the darkness traps me once again
walled in and mute

now I must slow my pace and feel
my way to home

I reach to use my hands for eyes
and stumble on

but when I find the garden gate
I see a light

and wonder was this just a dream
beyond my sight

I see the clouds go streaming by
I see the stars


I see the earth beneath my feet
a darkened sky

this is a place where I once dreamed
before the dawn

it is the place I go again
withdreams forgone