The Dark Side of Midnight
It sings to me
On the dark side of midnight.
The deep, throbbing song
Courses through my veins.
It robs me of sleep
With its hurtful music;
Woven throughout me a
Sadistic opera of pain.
Screeching aria’s fill my
Head with brain-snapping sound,
While the chorus accompanies
With low, deep down thrumming.
Once begun, this opera of horror
Will sing for hours at a time.
No breaks allowed for this
Captive audience of one.
It sings until satisfied
My body won’t be worth a damn.
Wrung limp from the awful music
Of the tortuous performance.
Sung to me from the dark side of midnight.
Copyright © Peggy Montgomery | Year Posted 2011
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