~ I AM NIGHT ~

I am a string of pearls
Swaying,
On a hot 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
I am night,
I am the only way home
Eyes closed and 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 the coldness
That slides in
On death,
The final breath,
I,
Am night...