Star filled nights

I step outside

Gazing ahead hoping to see nothing

No way to distinguish shapes

Letting the night surround me

I anticipate the seclusion 

The darkness will create

I want solitude

Needing to cast off the worries

Ever present in the light of day

Blocking out the anxiety

I await the tranquility

Let the blackness come

I glance upward 

Glimpsing a shimmer 

Uncertain what compels me

Looking up again 

I feel not isolation

The stars offer something

I expect abandonment

Thinking it would be a relief 

Drawn to the radiance

Feeling oddly comforted

I acknowledge a presence

It holds aloneness at bay

I gain awareness

Becoming conscious of my ease 

Something reaches me

Lifting my cares and concerns

I sense a presence 

Choosing abandonment no more   

I absorb willingly

Wondering how this can be 

Awe, delight and hope  

Illuminating my heart 

I feel no fear

Only something oddly familiar

I realize something

Comprehending that each star 

Contains the light of a soul

An earthly love

I thought I’d lost forever

Wrapping me in peace 

I accept my gift

Thanking the God 

Who gives me the night   

So I can witness this miracle

I thought I needed solitude but

Found peace in the din of the soul filled stars