I Watched While the World Slept
I Watched While the World Slept
The simple minds are sleeping
On the threshold of the moon
While the nocturnal wolves are weeping
None hear the barkers swoon
Darkness is uncertain
We do not want to see
What lies behind the curtain
Yet I’m awake perpetually
Miles of asphalt vacant
It belongs to me
When the sun runs rampant
I relinquish it reluctantly
Dying quasars gleaming
Exclusively for me
A million suns rotating
Under weight of gravity
A sleeping world doesn’t see
When my day has begun
The night belongs to me
It’s in this that I’m undone
Copyright © Daniel Carter | Year Posted 2023
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