I Am Night

By MirrorEye

I am night
I am death
I'm a young man's final breath as he leaves this world and decays.

I am debt
I am war
Started over religion, or a whore of Troy

I am black sails in moonlight
I am famine, pestilence and plague
The whispering, dying starlight.

I am the eater of time
I am the destroyer of worlds
The murderous voice in the back of your mind.

All these things am I
The fire that burns the sky...

I am man

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Copyright 2014 MirrorEye
Published on Wednesday, October 29, 2014.     Filed under: "Philosophical" and "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: We are our own worst enemies, we will inevitably destroy all that we've created.

  • A former member wrote: I am the fight to control a grain of muddy dirt in a vast universe.

  • A former member wrote: Very good poem on how humanity really is despite our beliefs that we are civilized . we think that insignificant fact makes us above all else. Again very good , I hope to read more pieces of work from you.

  • nkronsch On Thursday, October 30, 2014, nkronsch (16)By person wrote:

    I've written on this subject before, and it's true. It's very hard to transcend our own humanity and achieve whatever it is we search for.

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