The night is polluted with light

until I clamber up to the tree line

where darkness is a shroud

covering the silhouettes of the pines

Stillness and silence are all pervasive

solitude becomes my cloak of warmth

Flora and fauna slumber in sacred sleep

An oasis of unadulterated nature

fearless I embrace its sanctity

A welcome drenches my soul

I am so close to my original abode

unfettered, free and at peace

Only the dawn can intrude

to reawaken my senses

and banish my spiralling dreams

Long may this night last

fuel to my inner being and a release

from a world gone mad