Dreams of a crystal night fill my mind;
I have yet to formulate a meaning.
The night is clear and cool,
sharply defined for all to understand.
Actions and response occur
for their sounds tear through the silent hillsides.
A light in the distance,
homes are to be found here in the Valley of Stars.
My feelings shift;
off balance,
disoriented.
I’ve entered my personal nightfall.
The ground below my trembling feet is soft,
every bit as welcoming as silky sheets.
Moving forth into the valley
I discover the path of exile from Paradise.
Lines of people,
banished from their Edens,
cry in silence with the night.
They say:
“We have been ousted from our lives;
now we venture out to live in freedom.”
There are no limitations out here in the front,
out here, sins are pure.
Beauty lives in chaos;
I am cleansed and reborn.