Night Poem: When Everything Sleeps and the Mind Awakens

Night Poem: When Everything Sleeps and the Mind Awakens

These verses aim to highlight that, even when everything seems asleep,
someone passes by, reads, perhaps even feels moved…
Poetry is the discreet breath of a constant presence:
a small flame that keeps shining in the dark,
in search of other little flames like itself,
to ignite a blaze among scattered souls,
sometimes too lonely…
Poetry is union, communication, inner quest.
Together with Meter, it is the Art of Poetic Expression for ascetic work.

When Everything Sleeps

Deep night:
an unreal silence
rules over all awareness.
The psychic tide slows,
grows still.
When all seems to be sleeping,
someone thinks, reads,
perhaps is stirred.
That gentle breath
is the discreet breath
of a constant presence.
It is a small fire
that keeps
shining in the dark.
A mind opens,
a horizon expands,
humanity awakens.

Florence, July 10, 2025 — 3:09 a.m.

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