Have you ever longed for something so much that you dared not reach for it lest you realize that it was unattainable? For as long as you did not actually reach out for it you could always delude yourself into believing that if you really wanted to you could have it. BUT once you reached for it and found it unattainable, well then you would lose that precious fantasy. So what to do? Dwell on the fantasy or take the risk of losing it for the reality thay may be gained?
>> VISION OF THE NIGHT >>
Unbidden she slipped gently into my mind
And there she lay, softer than shadows in the dying light
So gentle was her essence I came upon her by surprise
And dared not rouse her lest she startle and take to flight
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In twilight's glow I sat and pondered my plight
To bask in the glow of her presence in her ethereal state
Or confront the vision and perhaps force it to life
But alas! what if she exists in so precarious a state
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That to confront the figment, so rare so dilate
That she should perish like mist under the morning sun
And so that brash action would seal my fate,
Banish this angel that heaven deemed to me should come
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And so alone as always I anguished in my despair
And sat next to all that would make me whole and real
But fear seized my frail heart so that I feared it might tear
Take the chance or forever revel in regret and never feel
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In the absence of reality dreams grow cold
And bring scant comfort to those who live alone
Like a wafer thin blanket of glittering gold,
Provides no warmth, no easing of the troubled soul
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As I peered at the shimmering, vacillating wraith
I came to know that I pondered my own, troubled life
That uncertainty and fear had cast a shadow upon faith
So that I might never bask in that sweet light
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And so in those quiet hours of the newborn night
I reached out and gently nudged that sleeping apparition
Who wakened with a smile that dispelled my long held fright
And for the first time in my life I was granted true vision
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In time I came to know that neither devil or angel she be
But flesh and blood warm and gentle wild and free
So now I know life is risk, that for a chance to fill the need
Dare to lose the dream and seize upon the reality
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Forever grateful for your gently intrusion
On that quiet sultry summer night
What fabulous fortune to have stirred the vision
And have you now as part of my life.
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-Frenchy