I like the calm of night, When raging silence flutters, Bestowing me those hours of insight I like the calm of night, When every tick of the clock Awakens within a melancholic delight For at night I tread on lands of my reverie, I escape the harrowing paths of reality, And what is reality but a figment of one’s mind? It is within what you so eagerly long to find I like the calm of night, When pain manifests itself Like a balm on my wounds; Caressing, healing, pain heals The broken symphonies of past ruins Published in Daily Times, July 26th 2018.