midnight. silence reigns. but in my ears, a faint tumult. a clock's slow pulse, a heart's refrain they hold me here, in this dark vault. the night is vast, a black abyss no exit from this lonely cage. my mind roams far, in search of bliss but soon returns, to this dull stage i watch the shades, they mock and tease they show me visions of the unknown. a world beyond, where wonders please or just the night, that hides its own. midnight. i lie awake. the world is dead, but I have striven. a war within, of sleep and ache but I endure, for hope is given. - yara. s