No More Night
It's not that darkness is beautiful
Or that in it's embrace
You find an ecstasy that cannot
Be felt in any other realm
It's not that.............
It's not that darkness is alluring
Or that in it's seduction
You find a place to be your true self
Without inhibitions
It's not that............
It's not that darkness is magical
Or that in it's magic illusions live
And you can deceive yourself into believing
That they are real
It's not that...........
What it is and always has been
Is that darkness is a hiding for ugliness,
A veil shielding the monstrous
And a book cover hiding the mysteries
It's that and more...........
What it is and always has been
Is that darkness came before light
And continually follows it around
Like death follows life
Darkness is the candle snuffer,
The lips that blow out the sun,
The background that allows the moon
To shine forth it's borrowed and counterfeit light
It has it's music, it has that
But music made up of sounds and howls
And screams and streams of ghostly footsteps
Walking in night, searching for day
It's not that darkness is lovely
Or has a beauty all it's own
But by covering up the blemishes of this world
It appears to be
And that is why we love it
And always will
Until there is no more night.
©by Voo
Sept 23, 2017
3:23 p.m.
