I Am The Night

I Am The Night

I've considered the night

as the moon's influence grew

over the sky.

I've sat with the night

when the only rain to touch the ground

is salted with regret,

and hastened by emotion.

I've become the night

when the sun falls off my sky

boiling itself into nothingness

as the moon's cold reign commences.

When no moon's white grace

could be reflected in a lover's eye,

I am the night

and I miss the sun dearly.

Michael Ardizzone

Photo: Hydra Artwork