Night Noises

Night Noises

Down under my covers,

I feel this warmth

This safety

As the wind whooshes over me

Whoooosh whoooosh whoooosh

Whoooosh whoooosh whoooosh

The leaves rustle quietly,

Rustle rustle rustle

Rustle rustle rustle

The darkness surrounds me

There is silence

Accept for the whooshing of the wind

And the rustling of the leaves

The wind starts to get softer

Whoosh whoosh

Whoosh whoosh

The rustling of the leaves get’s quieter

Rustle rustle

Rustle rustle

Now I hear a soft pitter-patter

I feel my covers go damp

It’s little raindrops

Falling from the sky.

I hide deeper under my covers

And wait for the pitter-patter to go away

Pitter-patter

Pitter-patter

Rustle rustle

Rustle rustle

Whoosh whoosh

Whoosh whoosh

Finally it all starts to dim.

I wait.

The pitter-patters soon die out,

The soft rustling of the leaves fade

The whooshing wind goes away.

I peek out

All I see is darkness

I look up, and gasp

For there in the sky,

Are a million twinkling lights.

The air is clear, the sky is dark

But there, dotted in the sky like a ladybugs back

Are twinkling stars

And each one, is twinkling at me

Twinkling at me, in the silence of the night

Tamalpais

Tamalpais

Up and down

High and low

She wears no crown

The hills roll on, with an endless flow

The princess sleeps

Forever will she lie

Not a sound will she peep

As the days roll by

Her lay high

As the eastern peak

The birds fly in her sky

The biker’s bike on the steep

The green covers her body

Like a forest of trees

The night grows foggy

And her cities by the sea

Are light up the clouds

In their brilliant colours

She would be so proud

Of all the fathers and mothers

That reside in her wake

She will sleep endlessly

As the night takes

For she is the princess

For she is Tamalpais

Swings

Swings

I feel like I am flying

The feeling is exhilarating

Up and down

Back and forth

The laughter echoes through my mind

Children’s laughter

High and loud

Footsteps running by

“Watch out!” we cry

They duck

They laugh

Back and forth

Up and down

The laughter goes on

Echoing forever

As they fly

Sunset

The sky is alight and on fire

With orange

Red

Pink

Yellow

The colours are like a painting

So bight, so beautiful

The night is here, and yet

The sky is alight

So colourful and bright

That I cannot fathom the constellations

                                                 That I cannot see                      

The clouds cover us

Like a hovering blanket

Just before we are tucked in for the night

Most of the sky is grey and dark

It rolls over the hills smoothly,

Coveting them like a fresh coat of snow

But here,

Above us

The sky is on fire

The whole world is dark around us,

But in out little bubble,

The fiery light surrounds us

The sky is alight with a fiery blaze

The sky is alight