nightscapes

"why has God done this? since the night is intended for sleep, for unconsciousness, for repose, for oblivion, why make it more charming than the day, sweeter than dawn of evening? and why this slow and seductive moon, which is more poetic than the sun and seems intended by its very delicacy to illuminate things too fragile and mysterious for daylight, why should it come to make the shadows so transparent? why should the loveliest of songbirds not go to sleep with the others but linger on to sing in the disturbing shade?"

i hear the trembling of the rivers
as night turns to day
once again you rejoice
you who are such a lover of the night
tend to forget the solitude of my darkness

you embrace the sun with such exuberance
and loathe my moon with such passionate hate

still i give you freedom
to shower yourself with the clouds of daytime
and drown your pains in the blinding light

for i who knows how the world turns
shall expect your tears after sunset

i've watched you hide in my velvet shadows
a thousand times before
your heart soaked with bitterness
and your eyes filled with sorrow

no! you cannot run away from me
you may forget for now but not forever
my solace will lead you back to my embrace

i alone can give you comfort
away from the noise of day
yet you fear my coming
you are afraid i see too much
you know you cannot mask your feelings from me
--- that is why you hate me

you prefer sunlight
with all its illusions and mirages
where reality is colored with white light
and your pretentious smiles erase their doubts

i shall remain..
night will always fall at sunset
and then my friend you shall see,
when you are tired of pretending to be happy..
i shall stay and hold you
and dry your tears away...