Who Will Secure Our Nights

My friends lay on the cold concrete floor, snoring, Mocking their roles as watchers of the night The cold wind whispered in my ear, as the night skies above reached for my sleepy eyes I waited and waited, my patience on the edge For the dragging sun To dissolve the veil of darkness Hanging about my falling eyes Unknown to me Beneath the hushed whispers of the wind Lurked black tongues of death Peering and longing With a savage lust From the depths of night The agents of death sprang Bringing death in their dirty hands I tried to say 'hey' But a dagger blow to my head Overtook my words in a rage of madness I rolled and rolled , and rolled again Pangs of pain seizing my whole being As I showed the world my death From my state I listened in awe To the sounds of death roaring with none to save My sleeping friends knew not luck Beside me they lay, Motionless, Their visions of tomorrow crushed Their dreams lost and trashed Their voices and hopes forever stilled When I heard the boots of death Slowly melt away I knew my soul had lived to tell This is all I had to say Let us not sit in our huts Tricked by the stillness of night To mock our role As watchers of our nights