night

when did we decide to brighten the night?
to fog up the sky
instead of letting the deep, black
envelop us
cover the lids on our eyes
to hide the fierceness
of the rotting and blinding day
smearing the clouds
with our feeble reflections of the sun
with grimy streetlights
canceling the stars
take your respite while you can
enjoy the cool pitch of the evening
let the lantern lit
steadily die
in the flattened expanse
of the bended horizon