Blank eyes with so much

behind them

A one way mirror

I can see everything

but you cannot see me

Every time I turn my neck

it breaks and shatter into small fragments

and it hurts with every breath I take

It's not an injury that I can put a bandaid on

No kiss to help the booboo

Everything isn't OK

Strap me to the polygraph machine

Hook up my thoughts

but you still won't be able to figure out what's wrong

The sadness that taunts me lingers inside me

I did not invite it

I beg for it to leave

I put on my false face for the world and when I go home

the mask drops and the monster underneath is released

I need to find control

to feel the happiness I lost so long ago

but the plane just keeps crashing

over and over again

The sun seeps down

In your sky like a broken egg, and slides

Down to the Earth

Creating violets, crimsons

And magenta brush strokes

Like a water color painting

You steal shadows from under feet

And skyscrapers

Explaining to everyone

That it is your time

The ebony shadows glide with the wind

Each are a piece of a puzzle

Snapping into place until the only light that is visible

is shining through an empty crescent shape

La Luna sinks from the heavens

And clicks into the the last piece of the puzzle

The man in the moon blows a breath

of stars and planets across your naked sky

They are sewn onto your raven cloth

By the Goddess of dawn

She creates constellations on your skin

Telling myths of the past

The insect orchestra lifts

Their miniscule legs

And play the anthem of twilight.

The stillness of life in your presence

Is like a porcelain doll

Watching but not moving

Your name is Night

You hold all of the world's secrets and mysteries

In the palm of your hand

You watch over everyone while they are sleeping and keep them safe

You leave when they wake

And can look out

For themselves 

My mind's locked in a dungeon

I cannot find the key

Then begins the destruction

I know I can't be free

My fears become my friends

Since I know there's no escape

Oh, how I want this to end

My monsters are taking shape

I'm held under the water

Nowhere for me to go

I'm going to be slaughtered 

Or be buddies with the rope

Oh, make it stop, please stop

I want to be awake,

before the floor beneath me drops

Falling asleep was my mistake

Kids are mesmerized

By your fluffy innocence

Clouds of sugar

And vanilla

The color of purity

A delectable day dream

Young and sweet

You bring smiles

And laughter

Drugs for the children

Happy drugs

The kind that

Makes them want to stay

A joyful kid

Forever

However

You are vulnerable

You tear with ease

No protection from

The outside world

Time moves forward and you become

Stale

Another manufactured item

Dirt and grime

Reality

Gets stuck to you

And cannot be removed

You are ruined

And could be a time

When you will be held

Over hungry ruby flames

And you will fall

And melt