Poetry to an Unknown Friend

To an Unknown

Paul Klusman

In the dark of night
When I'm all alone
When the cold is creeping
And all my friends are flown

I turn to words of wisdom
Sent many years before
By another lonely soul
On a far off distant shore

Across the gulf of time
To reach my weary eye
To offer needed comfort
And light to read them by

This quiet salutation
Lifts my darkened soul
What simple little gift
To make my spirit whole

What kind and lovely grace
To keep me company
To chase away the gloom
And set my spirit free

Now I send a greeting
To join you on your way
My unknown fellow traveller
Of a long and dreary day

As others have before me
Dropped pebbles in a pond
And sent a tiny ripple
Into the great beyond

I make this declaration
Dear reader be it known
This one eternal truth:

That you are not alone