Grateful of what you taught me

   The night is here. The scents that
rise alert us all of the time to be cozy.
Enjoying the roar of sky, the laughter
of a sitcom on the colored box.

   Quaking in knowing a peaceful
sleep awaits. Share with someone, if you
have them. Notions to close up. Shutting
down and off noises except the even
breaths we take to relax, to finally
be able to gasp and thunder across
our heavy eye lids.

   Did you hear? Did you see? Did you
feel? Can you speak?

   Say all that is necessary in your
sleep. Say in a prayer. Say in your
mind.

    Hope. Love. Dream.

   I wanted to tell you, not now -
                someday -

       Thank you. All that I have learned,
all that you taught me - I still wonder.
I still hope for a better experience.

   Dark night falls but light
opens all the righteousness. Thanks to
you I am real, alert and happy.

  Someday I will see you and tell you.
Not now. Years perhaps.
                              Grateful!