Tasting the Night

Night-time sharpens, heightens each sensation

Darkness stirs and wakes imagination

Silently the senses

Abandon their defences

Helpless to resist the notes I write

For I compose the music of the night

Slowly, gently

Night unfurls its splendour

Grasp it, sense it

Tremulous and tender

Turn your face away

From the garish light of day,

Turn your thoughts away

From cold, unfeeling light

And listen to the music of the night.

Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams!

Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before!

Close your eyes,

Let your spirit start to soar!

And you'll live as you've never lived before

Softly, deftly, music shall surround you

Feel it, hear it, closing in around you

Open up your mind,

Let your fantasies unwind,

In this darkness which you know you cannot fight

The darkness of the music of the night.