I cannot sleep on a night like this <br />When the air is right, and nothing seems amiss <br />The sky is cloudless, the moon looks new <br />The earth stirs, fragrant with dew <br />The distant songs of the pilgrims, gutter <br />In the wind, shiver <br />As they prepare to meet the one <br />Who was once a rebel, a stepson <br />'Stones and thorns turn soft under our feet <br />As your name we repeat' <br />The road subsides, the dogs lie down <br />As buildings turn in, shut down <br />I sit dreaming of the day when <br />Wherever I am, I am in heaven <br />Not forever standing outside, looking in<br /><br />Prabhakar Subramaniam<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/heaven-147/