(135) In the stillness of the night

In the still of the night  135


In the still of the night, when the stars twinkle,
In the permanent residency of the blue horizon,
when the moonlit rays come through the balcony,
as if to spy if the madam is fast asleep,
to steal her ravishing beauty,
or like a good sentry to prevent any seasoned
Conman with a mega plan,
In the still of the night when the college student
closes his books after being hugged by mother sleep,
The cat with its paw soft and silent comes
To prey upon the rat, rattling in the kitchen,
In the still of the night romance is at peak
In the not nearby cinema theatre when the hero
confesses his avowed affinity for his partner,
in the still of the night, when the concubine
to give vent to her disturbed moods disturbs her man,
to be away from his wife, a sadism and urgency,
in the stillness of the night, when the two figures
in dark, covered robes to cover their sinister plan
of runaway marriage in a far-off cottage,
in the stillness of the same night, don’t get to
Sleep only to remind myself how all seeing God
was good enough to wake me to see the life of
fake and fraud -- soon would have engulfed me!
In the stillness of the same night I close my eyes
Timely opened to thank God for ever and forever.