the darkness of the night

the darkness sometimes squeezes even the heart...

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the darkness of the night



i have walked the darkness of the night
walked these hard streets bearing pain.
my cigarette glows red and the moonlight

slicing blindly through the night's cold rain.
i look for love in the strangest places
all the miles, all the hunting are in vain.

in clubs and lanes where danger crouches
i scan for a face, a smile, your name
till the dawn pities me, i sleep in snatches.

awake again, pull a fag, flick a flame
the fear quietly bites, deadly as a krait
your face grows distant, frame by frame.

i have not come to terms with your flight
i will walk the darkness of the night.



17/04/2014
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Tried a structured verse. This is a terza rima, ending with a couplet. Sort of, I hope. This poem has been sitting in the hard drive for some time. Wonder why.

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