Light Through the Window

I lie in bed late at night

All bedroom lights switched off

But somehow it is still bright

‘Tis the light through the window

The light that stayed up all night

As a child, I wondered how

It gave me safety in bed tucked tight

‘Twas the light through the window

Windows left open, to cool the room

Of a modest house, with no AC flow

It was part of the house, was part of the room

‘Twas the light through the window

Students on the street with dreams

That their houses were too small for

Were enlightened under the very beam

Of the light through the window

Through dark times of the struggling years

Of an entire middle class millieu

It was our companion, it gave us hope

‘Twas the light through the window