Another Night
- another night—
- I’m awake,
- constantly switching side to side.
- maybe this way
- will be the one
- to chase them all
- away:
- the looming ghosts
- inside my thoughts,
- the present’s gift
- from a thousand
- yesterdays.
- another night—
- I’m ashamed.
- I should be a happy boy,
- shouldn’t complain
- about the way I’ve lived
- or the ones I’ve loved:
- my adventure has been fine,
- but the twisted themes
- that dominate my dreams
- make me wonder
- “will I someday
- go astray?”
- another night—
- I’m afraid
- that this could be my reckoning,
- could be the day
- when all the loose ends get tied
- or fray into my memories,
- my memories
- of where this all
- began…
©2002, taj.