Nights
A Poem
Nights are where it all weighs on me
the weight of a thousand kisses
and the loss of them at the same time
while I try desperately to sleep it off
as my eyes never close far enough
to give me even an ounce of solace
But nights are also dark, and so am I
in the aftermath of this maelstrom
that I once thought was the essence
of two bluebirds meeting on a branch
and nothing else ever mattering again
until the branch breaks and they fly away
Sometimes I want to fly away, but then
I remember that I don’t need to do that
because I am not a runner, and life just is
So I close my eyes and breathe deeply
into the inhalation of acceptance
and I become a better version of me
Maybe tonight I will just sink into it
and practice what I’ve learned
from an excess of trial and error
A day will come when it will feel ok
and on that day, I will know that
the night will not weigh on me again
© Jonathan Greene 2022
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