Sometimes At Night

Sometimes at night
As I am drifting off to sleep
I feel the truth
Lingering just out of reach.

I cannot define it
I cannot explain it
I cannot hold on to it for long
But it speaks to me with clarity and love

Perhaps it is my true self
Watching me carefully grow
And come to grips with the life around me
As I throw off my shoulds and oughts

I cannot define it
I cannot explain it
I cannot hold on to it for long
But it speaks to me with clarity and love

I wish it welcome when it breezes past
I embrace it when it brushes by
I hold it lightly as it slips through my fingers
I so want it to stay.

I cannot define it
I cannot explain it
I cannot hold on to it for long
But it speaks to me with clarity and love.

I will wait its return
With quiet resolve
I will listen so closely as it whispers its truth
And I know I will succeed in living.