All Alone In The Dark

Well, ALMOST 

all alone in the dark.

Do you ever wake up late

at night-or in the wee

hours of the early morning-

and feel like you are 

all alone?

I do that often.

I get up and walk to the

family room and look out

the window towards 

The Bay.

It is winter here now.

Cold and the bay is freezing.

There is still open water though.

When I got up the other

night-this is what greeted me.

Is that beautiful, or what?

I don't know what the streak of light

is up to the left.

A guardian angel streaking down, perhaps?

I walk on into the dining room

and look out at the deck we 

don't use in the winter.

The table there holds

a thrown together arrangement

of greens, winter berries and

sparkling lights.

The sweet little angel has

followed me from home to home to home.

I smile at her plaster patched

wing that I have reattached

twice.

She is imperfectly perfect.

Just like all of us.

I get a drink of water

and head back to bed,

hoping I can fall back asleep

but comforted that I am

never really alone.

God watches over me

and my family,
near and far,

while we sleep.

Wait!  What is this?
I MUST be dreaming.

It's MyHero under
a waterfall....
waiting for me.
"Step into my web",
said the spider to the fly.

I am NOT going
back to bed!