DUSK

As the dawn swings into afternoon
Laid out under the roasting sun
Under the trees out in the field
Reflect on what I think I've done
The warm breeze flows around my soul
And the flowers around me sway along
To a rhythm unheard by my ears
As I reflect on what I've done
Close my eyes and feel the warm wind
Calm inside and feel the world care
Open invitation for you
Come inside and feel the world stare
A pale blue layer across the sky
That bent moon piece hangs siliently
Glowing, suspended by nothing
But the dark beyond I cannot see
Few birds sing as the night unfolds
Such beautiful melody heard by my ears
The trees sing the song that is sung by the wind
At peace with the world as the sun disappears
The memory of the night before
Replayed reality in my head
As I listen once more to the message in
What all of Nature's voices said
The breeze dies down, "the calm before..."
Feeling like something is waiting out there
The birds' harmony seems to cease
As if, like me, they smell the fear . . . .

DARK

as twilight swings into midnight
i wander the ancient burial ground
not sure of what i'm searching for
but i'll know it once it's found
recognized the visions from the night before
and the night before...
and wondered at the replaying dream
never before have my eyes seen such horror
except for every night
as i watch the maggots crawl
from my living flesh
for the first time
again
i feel all warm on the inside
not anything flowery this time
just the blood that runs through my carcass
the blood that flows over me
out of me
on to you
did i mean to scare you?
i don't think so
but i don't know
yet that's how we are
us animals
you decided to tease and taunt
one rabid wolf
and my pack turned on you
to destroy you
in my defense
trample that flower
that beautiful thing
destroy all light
for this is the witching hour
yet i run with no demon
i run alone
my pack forever with me
constant yapping, barking, growling
baring teeth
the drool-blood mixture
the scent of fear
that sends my hormones to the brink
i destroy nothing i care anything of
yet annihilation is my world
what pale word is "havoc"
and the rabid dogs are already loose
this hellish scene replays again
and nothing now will stand in my way
this time i will destroy them all
and stopped once more by the sun's first ray . . . .

DAWN

As darkness brightens into dawn
The light shatters my dreams away
Into a million pieces they fall
Such new remembrance, this break of day
I awaken to soft caress again
The earth at my back, the breeze on my skin
And as I awaken I close out once more
The Darkness that rises up from within
The sun wakes me up, the heat on my face
The light in my eyes, the field around
My mind swings back to where I am
My body swings back to where I was found
The beauty surrounds a golden dawn
Remember the pain as twilight fell
Was I in the dark, or was I of the Dark?
Or was it a dream I knew too well?
It seems so unreal compared to this place
Where tranquillity is at my side
The lake releases the sun once more
The horizon glows like the fire inside
Every shade of color is here
Everything brightens with dawn's new light
I relax in the sun, knowing I'm safe
Yet wait in fear to swing back to night . . . .