thief

stumbling
out of heaven's womb,
stealing past rays
of a leaving day,
i am newborn night
i grasp
hungrily at the sky,
tearing the blue
and exposing you
to the stars.

stealing
over errant waves
of the changing tide,
skimming over the water
and onto the humid air,
and my kiss made her
into a cold breeze.

(if you felt me
pass through you,
i've taken the warmth
out of you too.)

stealing
the crimson off a rose,
leaving it pale
and shivering,
stealing the voice off
a songbird's beak,
i turn to unleash
the blackness that holds you,
the silence that devours you,
as you try to dream.

stealing
between the narrow hallways
of silenced rooms,
over the thin ice
of quietness,
a trip tiptoed between
slumbering songs
waiting to celebrate
the coming day.
i slip past the hunting
lights of angels.

stealing
shade by shade in between
falling curtains
of a new dawn,
stealing across ending
dreams of wakening minds,
i am escaped and
i am gone.

(if you missed me
as i elude your memory,
i've stolen your heart too.)

2006.aug.01