In the Night
I sit tonight
And...stare
Out my window
At
The passersby
In their cars
Under the stars
Close to far
Going
About
Their
Way
Though
Day
Has
Passed
This
Way
And
That
Further
Than
The
Last
They go
Past my window
Soon
The flow of cars
Dwindles
And people
Walk
By
In fewer
And fewer
Numbers
The space
Outside
My window
Grows
v o i d
Of human movements
The night
Becomes
Still
And
Peaceful
And welcomed
In
To my elements
My hours,
My time
Am I
For
Well acquainted with
The night
I
Am
With the hours
Long after
The...sun
Has
Fled
And the moon
None too soon
Fills my room
With its
Silvery light
A
Shadow
Over
There
Right
There
Of a tree
A ghost
In
The
N I G H T
A
Movement
Over the ground
Not a sound
To be found
Of a...fox
Soon
Gone
A noise
A light
A car passes
On the
Once
Busy
Street
Now in solitude
Left alone
A house, dark
Windows
Its owners...asleep
Or
Still out
I wouldn't know
A dog barks
And
Breaks
The silence
The still solitude
A streetlight
Stands
Guard
A
Lone
Sentry
In the night
The only light
In my sight
And shows
The
Way
For a lone soul
Walking
Down
The
Street
Nobody
Else
To
Meet
Oblivious
To my watching
My notice
Of his going by
Time passes
S
L
O
W
L
Y
As I sit here
And look and see
All around me
What can be
Seen
In the night
Where darkness
Reigns
And new creatures
Rule
The land
The others
Of
The day
Now sleep
Hidden
A
W
A
Y
In their keeps
Away from the
Creatures
The kings
Of
The night
As day has...passed
A new atmosphere
Settles
All
A
R
O
U
N
D
The still air
Is bro
ken
By a breath
Of wind
But is soon
Still
Again
And brings
Calm
To a once
Hectic
Day
The hours...start
To pass
It has
To last
But...won't
As the dark
S
L
O
W
L
Y
Gives way
To
L I G H T
And
N I G H T
My night
Begins
To come
To
Its
E
N
D
Copyright © Daniel Mcadams | Year Posted 2011
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