A Dark Perspective
Photo by Sven Scheuermeier on Unsplash Starry skies and gentle song Turns the cold heart sweet, While blackened skies and misty eyes Flash headlights in the street. The dark can lend you romance, A borrowed jacket when it's cold, Heart skips a beat, lie chest to cheek, Into his arms enfold. Light reflecting off the moon, Like torch through paper thin, Lashes blink as glasses clink, A fire burns within. A subtle glance and rosy face From whispers softly sung, Candle light in the black of night A billion stars among. Colours light the canvas sky That can't be seen in day, A firework show sets you aglow And takes your breath away. Elsewhere shadowed faces lurk And slash at all four tyres. Your vision fades and rain cascades, Against you they conspire. Darkness covers up the sins And hides the guilty face, The drunk that crashed, the girl abashed The star that meets disgrace. The laughter's ...