SIGNS

M. NIGHT'S ADVENTURE
A NEW NIGHT

AND WHAT SHALL IT BE
AND WHAT SHALL I TELL YOU ABOUT?
CAN IT BE A NEW NIGHT FOR YOU
OR HAVE YOU BROUGHT TOO MUCH DARKNESS
TO THE ABODE?
WILL YOU KNOW THE LIGHT IF IT COMES?

I SEE A SNAKE SKIN BENEATH THE FLOOR
IS IT YOURS, YOUNG MAN?
WHO HAVE YOU BEEN CONFERRING WITH
OF DAYS' LATE
TO PRODUCE WHAT IS COMING?
WILL IT BIND YOUR OWN SOUL
TO THE UNLIVING?

PERHAPS, OR PERHAPS, THERE IS STILL HOPE
BUT IT'S ALL UP TO YOU
OR, PERHAPS, THOSE I SEND TO "CAPTURE" YOU
I WILL SEND MY OWN
DO YOUR BEST TO REMAIN "UNTOUCHED"
WE WILL COUNT THE DAYS
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD
UNTIL THERE'S
A NEW NIGHT
^^^

The flowers spring up from the earth
untouched and beautiful in their splendorous array
of color and unashamed life
*
The moon is pierced by an unknown substance
and appears to darken in its rhythmic reflection of the brilliant
*
Four paths lead from where I stand on my road
but lead only two places
What shall I choose?
***
I glimpse eyes, fearsome, glinting, terrible eyes
watching me in the dark
They follow me
and I struggle to escape
but I know somewhere, somehow,
deep within that I cannot
I fight for sleep
I fight for peace
I fight to believe that my family is safe
and will remain unharmed
but two eyes follow me
follow me
follow me
through the blackened air
and cloudless haze
I cover my head
but peer from beneath the fabric
of my old comforts
to watch
Do I battle friend or foe?
It strikes me as a memory not quite fully recalled
and I probe my deepest past
to awaken this seemingly-dormant shadow
now glaring before me
I grasp at strings of a distant fear
I coax my thoughts to follow the trail of endless,
nameless strangers
who have crossed my way at some time or another
I search out the imaginary enemies of my childhood
for a quick glimpse of my pursuer
but still
this feeling remains a vague reminder
of a forgotten terror once again unearthed


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