Night

At night...you arrive
Your promises make fun of you
They know your time is gone...
and theirs will never come...
The motley images you call dreams
become questions
you are glad you don't have to answer...
Your hero meets his nemesis...
And life is just about to begin...
Your sins cavort around a parched throat...
Blood curdles in veins past each punished pulse...
and the seconds keep rhythm to a labored breath...
Till another day brings its excuses...
Turns confused creases to toothless smiles...
Teaches fools to hope...
For a happiness they don't deserve...
For a success they've done nothing to earn...
But then, at night...
You arrive again...