I Am Night

It’s as if the darkness consumes me,
swallowing my motionless body whole
in the midst of its loneliness

The sound of cars passing by
echoed into the breezy air

The sunlight reflecting against the moon
cast a luminescent light on the pavement below

The stars above shine from a long distance
and old time

The shadows grow darker with each passing minute,
making the world seem as if it were a large shadow itself

The bats have come out,
soaring peacefully in the night sky

But in just a few short hours
the darkness with spit me out
and be shoved aside for later use,
and being replace by the bright,
shining sun

And that bright, shining sun will smile down on the earth,
proud to know that as every day passes,
I burn and shrivel

Because… I am night