Night Time

        
There is no heat in the building
no fire burning in the fire place
an the concrete is cold as hell

The floors make ones feet shiver
even the air is chilly, to a point
with the walls keeping everything cool

Its darkness prevailed beyond belief
as the light crept through the crack in the blinds
even from under the door, it peaked out

The darkness masked the materials that lie around
cluttered among the occupants, on the floor
making ones journey, and obstacle at best

Piles of stuff, laden in darkness, full of thoughts
shadows fill the objects, the life's collections
as one files through the hazard that may arise

Crackling light, through the blinds, getting brighter
slowly as morning sets in, behind the cement wall
and the floor begins to warm, or maybe not

Lights from under massive door, drowned in daylight
the cold darken night soon comes to a close
still no fire in the fire place, no warmth in the building

The occupants arise from the nocturnal journey
past the point of dreams into the grouchy phase
the one that everyone hates, or gets annoyed by

Clinging to the clothing, the articles or two
pulling stretching, mindlessly beginning the daily crap
finishing, only to say but a few words, a sentence or two

Be gone now darkness, as the light is given way
the hazard of the shadows, has subsided, left the building
Morning is upon is, it has crept up on the nocturnal dreamers

It is time to heat the building, play the radio
avoiding the masses, piled on the floor 
remembering a night that will never end

Its all gone now, the night...
October 4, 1995  1:15am ©1995 

      Kahon:wes

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