Light Below My Window Poem by David Whalen

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There’s a streetlamp outside my bedroom window
A yellow halo suspended in the ebon night
An eerie glow like an alien moon
That seems slightly awry
Somewhat out of tune
In the black velvet of the night
A comforting constant
In the fabric of my young life
A reassuring buoy in the sea
Outside my window
An unguent…a balm
An island of comforting calm
An oasis…safe harbor
From the fear
And from the strife
It’s a constant that
Changes constantly
It’s demeanor dependent on
The time and the season
Given at times to light translucent
Paper thin…perhaps e’en thinner
And changing from bright to dim
At will and without rhyme or reason
At times I wake tossed
In nighttime sea lost
Hair wet with sweat, as is my pillow
My night fears slink away
And my fears are allayed
By the light outside my window
A kiss lightly laid upon top of my head
Blanket tucked tightly about my shoulders
Once more I’m left alone
With the light outside my windowpane
And I fall to sleep again
Wrap’t tight within
The glow from without
My window
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