sister night

hearts beating

against flesh and bone

journeying faraway from home

as sister night begins to gloam

dimming daylight skies



ravines shrieking

from moss-covered pines

mock the wisdoms of the wise

disturbing spirits intending to malign

benign idioms of brother sun


hearts beating

hammer heaving chests

night's lover morpheus

denies them rest

soon sleeplessness decays tired minds

unraveling in winds of time

... and yet they travel on


hearts beating

pulses flip and roll

as brother sun gives up his soul

conceding to the darkened pull

of sister night


damp and tired they carry on

praying for the light of dawn

beneath the watchful eye of a smirking moon

curved in a wicked grin


... darkness is soul withering