~ I AM NIGHT ~

I am a string of pearls
Swaying
On a dark dancer,
Sweating
In the night sky,
Spinning slowly
Into celestial recesses
And wrapping myself around
All things,
I,
Am night....

With a mutating appetite for light
I am night,
Deep, in a black hole of emptiness
I am night,
Like a drunken, broken, man
I am night,
I brood in the light
And smile in the darkness,
I am the veil,
I am night...

I am the sickness unexpected
The will, redirected
The floundering drowner,
The lamplight gone dark
I am night,
I am the only way home,
Eyes closed, and all alone
I,
Am night....

I am the raven come calling,
The dead bird
In the hallway
The ambiguous regret
The forgotten sunset
I am night,
I am the tears never cried,
Pure love petrified,
I,
Am night....

I am a funeral procession
The pallid pallbearers
That come marching,
At sunset,
I am that coldness
That slides in on death,
That gasp for breath,
I am,
Night....

Tony Taylor
* still working out the kinks
Feb. 2024