Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking

         invisible, unseen,

silent and unheard

Heart aching,

    hands trembling

       eyes misted; one blink will betray me

choking on words I cannot speak, will not confess,

for admission lifts them from the shadows

         gives them flesh

 

Keeping to the shadows

       I creep into your courts;

Music is a balm to a weary soul

        the pain, the fear, the doubt

           the emptiness

                melts away,

Shadows dissolve in light

Bread and wine; a banquet,

            satiates

The torpor begins to dissipate;

Your touch, your voice soothe a troubled heart.....

Peace is fleeting

           Around me the teeming crowds flows

          Vague smiles never reach eyes

I remain invisible, unseen, silent, and unheard

But the shadows have faded,

the memory of your hand is still warm on my back.