When the night closed,
your heart opened.
You used a hidden secret
to unlock all the others,
with a witty half-smile
that they thought was crying,
but you know is a sneer.
Life,
don't forsake me now.
I have mountains yet
to venture around.
While they know
you're cruel, hardy,
and command the troops
that go off to strike
on the defenseless souls,
pity me, please,
before you leave me here,
to decay slowly away.
