Dark Night
glistening lights in the wide distance
dark sky overhead.
gazing out my bedroom window,
the starry night stares right back.
my stomach churns with pentup tensions,
my mind filled with discontent
in the quagmire that is my being,
i need no reason to lament.
i see my life in all its stages,
in every phase, i'm ill at ease.
but I remember my past glories
as well as those i've failed to please.
i must acknowledge my own triumphs
and take the credit that's mine to bare,
for in the infinite tomorrow
i will grow old and cold with wear.
tangled in my twisted wisdom
i endure my own descent.
Down the spiral stair i wander
hoping not to reach my end.
and when it comes I will be ready
standing stoic and prepared
with open arms the night will take me
and i will go, though unafraid.
