Night.

The morning sends fingered rays out
Exploring shadows
Disproving doubt
Erasing every dark unknown
Shooting down night
Illumination shone
Leaving raw emotions no place to hide
No cloaked refuge
Ebony denied
Reaching to entomb me in stark truth
Things that hurt
A broken youth

The sun bleeds out and rectifies
Fear bleeds in
Pretense sighs
I race the day with a mask to feign
Fake my smile
Laugh in vain
Waiting for the sun’s last shine
Night reclaims
Now is mine

My family succumbs as I inhale solitude
Breathe unrestrained
My mask subdued
This dark kingdom is where I rule
Beautifully alone
No one to fool
My mind dances with what I feel here
I waltz with pain
Memory so near
Reciprocating to parry what my past shows
Anger swells
Tension grows
I’ll either fall to pieces or die inside
Remember the bruises
The times I cried
Or revert to the sanctuary I’ve made
Steal away to shadow
Embrace hidden blade

I scream silenced please to a mute night
Feeling lighter
Making it right
Steady hand, don’t falter in my need
Reckless desperation
Flawlessly bleed
Lines straight as the horizon bloom deep red
Physically focused
Emotions shed
I swallow a sob and blink back tears
Looking through cuts
Searching through years

Moon dips down, stars blurred
Sun chases night
Blackness deferred
As light makes all the shadows melt
I melt as well
Erasing what I’ve felt
And once again I’ll fade to “okay”
Cover myself
One more day

by fade
posted on 07/02/2008