I Don't Know Why

by

Doug Larson

Red moon lights
these crimson nights
shines infrared
upon my bed
blots the stars
from smeared night sky
I don’t know why
-
falling clouds
enfold the ground
fog my head
whet my dread
without a sound
like molten lead
heavy sigh
I don’t know why
-
Mist river steam
sets me to dream
a raft of stones
to lay my bones
rattle and shiver
I float down river
a raven’s cry
I don’t know why
-
A hound dog howls
the song of owls
upon my ears
assays my fears
In stupor steep
now nightmare deep
without a peep
I don’t know why
-
I wake in dark
to black dogs bark
my shuddered spine
like knotted twine
eyes dart quick
I feel sick
in dim I cry
I don’t know why
-
despair unreal
I cop a feel
alone in shock
the ticking clock
counts fleeting hours
and drains my powers
wet sucks me dry
I don’t know why
-
and in the black
I fall off track
this ivory tower
sinks ever lower
day by day
and hour by hour
soon time to die
-
and I fear
-
-
I won’t know why

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