The Night of Our Life

The night before The night we made a pact The night the moon witnessed The silence and the darkness at war None the wind or dog blew or barked None the leaves whispered, crickets gossiped The night before The night we promised Our souls and shadows, same The spirit of the earth, still, at its core The mountains from afar, like sitting mummies Waiting to give judgement when the morning came The night before The night we joined in blood The night from whence we awoke To always be alive and to exist for more To rise above the flood and float in the mud The end of a life behind the ghosts of words that choke