Midnight Musings

Oct 13, 2008 - 10:01 AM PST

I am a witness to the night,
A spectator to the shadows
That dance in the darkened corners
Swaying, shimmering and shaking.

I am the audience to owls,
Wolverine howls and feline mewls.
Silence shattering symphony;
The pounding rain its metronome.

I am the observer of tears,
Falling, falling onto pillows,
Drawing spider webs on my face,
Crawling slowly from burning eyes.

I am the keeper of the time,
The never ending broken beats
Like a hammer to the head that
Will not give me the death blow.

I am a reader of the thoughts,
Evanescent and opaque, which
Race through my fragmented mind and
Pull at the edges of my soul.

I am not a victim of sleep,
Slow soothing drug,
Which numbs
The…