Nights and Hearts

The darkness of nights
is brightened 
by moonlight,
The darkness of hearts
by love

What if nights and hearts
weren't brightened 
by moonlight or love
at all?

Then, 
they would be sentenced to death
like birds 
trapped in a cage
or fishes 
taken out of the water
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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