what is night? <br /> if not <br />a calligraphers darkest well <br />from which he draws, <br /> to appraise the antiquty of stars- <br /> <br />what is night? <br /> if not <br />jet black, cobalt dark, <br /> the bruises under your eyes <br />mimic the depth of sky- <br /> <br /> I've fallen into <br />seas that flooded my dreams- <br />where you were star wandering <br /> on shores of twilight dust. Stuck to your toes and you <br />brushed the residue from your fingertips, <br />wiped my memory off your lips- <br /> With this kiss, <br />I wish you the darkest of halls to haunt, <br />the deepest oceans to wade and <br />the longest roads of melancholy- <br /> <br />what is night? <br /> if not <br />loneliness and wind? <br /> <br />and what is night to night? <br /> does it know <br />the deepest, darkest secrets it holds? <br />what is night? <br /> if not <br />a snake eating it's tail- <br /> if not <br />poisonous to itself? <br /> <br />what is night? <br /> if not <br />a solitary voice of one? ..........Lover, <br /> <br />what is night? <br /> if not <br />constellations of gods, dragons and afterlife- <br /> if not <br />as suffocating as being buried alive.<br /><br />Amberlee Carter<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/putting-myself-to-bed/
