Caring Collector

I let a racking shudder

escape my self-control.

Tears held for far too long

break away, forming steady streams

down my soft, pale cheeks.

While I slowly collapse on the inside,

(emotions getting the better of me yet again)

you instantly cradle me within your arms,

holding and healing me with your comfort.

Your steady hand strokes my back

as my salt-water sentiments soak

into the fabric of your clean, green shirt, creating

splotchy stains upon the chest pocket covering your heart.

I don’t know how many times you’ve seen me cry.

I’ve lost count, and there’s been many,  

but you still call me your own, won’t let me

free from an embrace until I’ve quieted my qualms.

I realize with each parting, I’ve left

a little more of myself with you…

yet relief comes with this revelation – 

you have become the glue that

holds me together, and I trust you with the

fine fragments you’ve so carefully collected. 

Surveyor of the Night

I am the surveyor of the night.

Darkness creeps within my bones and

whispers of sorrow slink through icy veins.

The pain of those surrounding me

fills me, enters my aching soul,

until I no longer know who I am.  

My lungs expand with toxic tunes,

the cries and curses of many

mixing together into a cocktail of misery.

I decide to drink it in slowly –

for me, there is never enough.

The drunk tragedy that I am is

forever sheltered away from

shimmering lights of morning,

and an evil breath escapes my mouth,

permeating flawless air until it changes

into an atmosphere of death.

Remember me,

tormented in this wretched state,

for I am the surveyor of the night.

I even haunt myself. 

(I started with something a bit creepy, folks. I hope this doesn't scare you away!) :)

A Welcoming

Little etchings

scrawled across a soul

filled with warmth and passion

wishes to welcome

friends and guests

along a journey into the

heart of a Night Owl’s

imagination. 

Welcome to my blog! I hope you enjoy what I create over the course of this semester, and I hope this will be a place where I can challenge myself to become a better writer.  

~With Love~ 

A Night Owl