HOPELESS MIDNIGHT

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Darkness drowns out the light
Pale moon turns blood red
Howls fill my thoughts

Bulbs ferment in comparison
Hearts flutter in competition
Beats like a drum

Inside and out
No matter what
Misty eyed

Cars drone by
Headlights cut the night
Horns bleed

I cross the street
A shadow in the night
A broken image of a past long forgotten

Glasses shatter against the ground
Tears glisten red in the moonlight
Sobs rip ribbons like a knife

I hear the voices
Like beats of a heart
Like screams in the night

Let me go
Let me live
Let me die in peace

Dreary existence
Blood red moon
River flows

Hopeless Midnight
A child of the night
A worshipper of the darkness

That is me
That is you
We are both together

In the night
Under the moon
In the darkness

Heads together
Huddled together
In an alleyway

Love me
Don't leave me
I am lost without you

Running down the street
Shadows cling to my feet
Fear grips my very soul

Life without sorrow
Love without question
Chase without reason

In the cool moonlight
In the dead of night
I see the reflection

In the puddle
In the gutter;
I wanna go home

May 25, 1996

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