Solemn reveries

Lost Solace😥

The first step she took
Laid it all bare,
It was all wrong.
Her thoughts were
What they were,
A whole world apart.
..
She took so much pride
In the name she thought
Meant so much.
'Laylah' to her
Held so much promises.
..
Her name never
Held any guarantee,
It was all in her head.
She thought she'd be safe
In the arms of the night.
The night, whose depths
She took solace in.
It meant twice the world
And more to her.
..
But then, who told her
That being called Laylah
Meant she could have it all?
Maybe for as long as she trod
On the very heart of the night.
..
She felt betrayed by a friend
That perhaps never was
Even though darkness and pain
They had in common.
Just a mere simile
Was all she was worth.
..
Fed by illusions and
Drowned in delusion
She says to all who would hear.
"I was as alive as the
dark soul of the night."
..
Oh so it all was nought?
I thought the moonshine
Was planted up there
To light my path,
And the owl flying over
An age long dutiful companion,
The frog's croak, sweet tunes
To my damp soul.
..
Take it all away,
The fantasy that comes,
With the beauty i see
In the depth of the night.
..
Since gone now for long
Are the peace and comfort
I thought i had.
Seal up my being and
crush my world for my name
My dearest apparel has cast me
In the shadow of darkness.
..
Let me not see night
For it's cruelty has laid me bare.
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حواء💙