Decipher

Day to Night

In the daylight,

I want to shine like the sun.

Rays of warmth and light

Being passed on.

In the daylight,

I find pretty things.

I find flowers,

And colors,

And smiles -

A variety.

In the daylight,

I find my reflection.

Unrecognizable to me,

I lean in closer

To see frost on pale skin,

But light in dark eyes.

In the night's dullness,

I tend to think

About who hates me

Or not -

About who represents pain

Or joy -

About who is laughing

Or sobbing.

In the night's dullness

Fantasies play.

Scenarios of fighting,

And chasing,

And screaming -

Beating -

Cheating -

Hating.

In the night's dullness,

I see her stare back;

A frown painted on her clown lips,

With hope gleaming in her seas of brown -

And yellow -

And hazel.