Night Will Come

Once, twice, a third time, I cracked

Under your eyes, and

Ripped your ring to shreds

Twice, and the third time

I knew it was all wrong and

My impulse was not to blame

Except, I did

When you saw the evidence, did

It destroy you inside, and outside? My

Lies, each of them

Lay beneath another

Couldn’t she possibly change and grow

Or learn to feel like

Most of us? Well, I’m

Endless.

At first it ended in a flurry, a harsh word, a thrown stone, a buzzing silence

Then came the question parade

To each truth one side shuddered 

Hearing the other giggle, the

Endless one

Sin, fight, death chuckler,

Understanding no emotion at all and

Next was a shock of tears 

Soothed by

The rhythm of a cry

Only dancing downward, the 

Parade of salted soldiers

                                     well it's over now and night will come