Night falls
Day air is drenched in light
It’s drowned by noise
Night air is fluffy
It flows under the silver veil of moonlight Gentle and silent
A sunny day has a sharp clarity
It blends
The shine of the night is soft to the eye
Its depth derives from the dark
Its clarity derives from the unseeable
Ever silently swallowing us all
Yet I still long for the shine of day
We were gliding through my deep masses Along the silver lining of our shared horizon Until your shine became too bright
And you took away that brief moment
In which I had you to myself
I’ve never seen such blinding arrogance
You grabbed a hold of everything
That was lying in the soft palm of my hand You woke everybody up
You made the rooster roost
The ravens screech
They will now wake up
Meeting all the bright lies of your light
In search for new opportunities
I was honest to them
I gave them nothing
Because nothing is what they truly want Watch those who are unhappy
Resist your noisy command
I let them be
There is no day to be seized
For I cannot seize you
With whom do you mingle when I’m gone?
Is it the sparkling surface of the water?
The many sharp shadows,
Crashes and edges of the mountains?
Is it the trees that rustle in the wind?
Their leaves and petals dancing to your light? Do they complement that
What makes you so special
While I can only absorb your glance
Claim you as mine and diminish your glow? At the end of all your daily journeys
I pull you down from dazzling heights
Drown you in my depth
Watch you bleed upon
What I now reclaim as my horizon
Your golden shine is mine
Yet it fades and slips the more I try
As I let that massive ego of yours Run through my fingers like water
That water becomes Urin
Dirty men standing in dark alleys Relieving themselves
Their stinking hands play witness To my repulsive complexion
I am there for all those
Who trust me with their gaze
Because they can remain unseen in their shame
The loners, the sleepless, those close to the edge
I am forgiving to those who commit crimes
For those who fear the honesty of your light
To those with sad and ugly faces
I do not judge
For I am the night
I am everybody's secret
I am the unsaid
You are their greatest praise
Their highest tunes resonate to your glance
They gave you their greatest gods
They celebrate your return at dawn
They celebrate your departure
When I fall for your majesty
And close their eyes to sleep through
The very little that I have to offer
I can never see all the smiles you see
I will never witness the absolution of your light Your most ecstatic climax
It’s not meant for me
For I am too much of what I am
And you are everything but what I am
Submit to my clench
As I come for you like I always do
At the end of every single day I win
Bathe in my own darkness, solitude,
Guilt and sense of loss
But only until you come again