Illusion of a stranger

You shimmer soft within my mind
as crickets sing their lullabye
and the moon illuminates the sky.

Silver beams trace leaves and mountains
in a flat dark shadow sea
small stars blink as midnight clouds drift slowly by.

I hear you whisper in the wind
that riffles through my hair
a vision of your moonlit face hovers in midair

remembrances of you
enfold me in the night
take away my sorrows until the morning light

I hear your laughter echo
through the quiet dark
of the empty half forgotten chambers of my heart

feel the pressure as my heart
is crushed beneath your tread
as your image shimmers soft, so soft within my head