Emily Winters                                                                                                         

Midnight Air

Have you ever breathed a sigh of utter bliss and complete contentment?

Have you ever just closed your eyes

And opened your mind

Inhaling the midnight air

Drifting along in the stillness

Loving the peace

Living the life

Loving the life?

Have you ever wrapped your aching bones in serenity

In the moon’s gentle embrace

And the willow’s soothing roots

Letting your head lie amongst the stars

And rest upon rivers and streams of silver leaves

Brook beds of star children and flourishing bluebells?

Have you ever taken a minute out of it all

To reflect on it all

To be taken aback

By all that has been given

And all that’s been taken?

Have you ever planted the seeds of ecstasy

Deep in your soul

And have the ribbons of the nightshade

And the tendrils of cloud wading through the moon

Wrap elegant fingers around your lungs

And breathe with you

Whispering with the hushing of the willows and birch

That everything is beautiful.