Going Dark

Going Dark 2/4/2013

There is a feeling
That many will come to know
A tightening of the throat
In the middle of the night.

Constricting more and more
Until they think they will die
As their thoughts race
In a spiral of panic.

Screaming out unknown names
And running in their dreams
Never able to escape
The icy hands of guilt.

The terrors have come
And this is only the beginning
As the earth shrugs its shoulders
And turns the other way.

Tossing and turning
Hour after hour
Reliving all the horrors
Over and over.

Even a man without a conscience
Has to close his eyes at night
Never knowing when
His secrets are exposed.

Looking up
At a hollow moon
Full of God knows what
And watching every move.

The night terrors have come
And there shall be no sleep
Because even demons know fear
And they know when to run.

A false flag is planted
And the truth is hard to find
Hidden in the motives
And duplicitous plans.

There is no need to spill your guts
And read the worms for clues
But rather to think
And decide.

But even the victors
Cannot change the times
And time runs like water
Between our fingers.

So go ahead and laugh
And go ahead and steal
Because nothing lasts forever
And neither shall you.

The inevitable future
That so many have enabled
Shall all slip away
No matter the numbers
Dead and burned away.

Tears will not be enough
And tantrums will not change a thing
When triumph comes to loss
And hatred becomes death.