Shames of Night/Pains of Day

I couldn’t have it any other way,

The thoughts that make my stomach sing

Don’t feel so clean under the light

Desires that don’t dare leave

The lockbox tucked away

Into the deep passages of my mind

It is only in the dark when I can

Swim in the infinity pool of

Impossibilities bestowing themselves

Like dancers at a masquerade

The feelings drift,

They never fade

They take me sailing, make me fly

The dreams I conjure in the night

The guilt that seeps but never shows

The hope that’s dead but always grows

Until the morning birds make their scene

And light breaks my vision like the holiest ever seen

And the shining dew drops on every blade

The reflection of every decision that we’ve ever made

The snake that stays wrapped around my soul

Awaits the moonlight in agitated form

Shames of the night slowly

Take their leave, waiting for their striking time

While pains of the day knock into place

Wishing that the sun would never set

If only it knew that the shames of night aren’t gone yet.

Feb 5th, 2023