Night Traps

I'd like to see the sky without an hour upon its face;
I'd like to look at clocktow'rs just to smile upon their grace;
I'd like the watch the stars without recalling first or last;
I'd like to sit beside you without future, dreams, or past.
Instead I lie awake at night, an arm across my eyes
To hide them as the LED counts minutes off our lives.

--Megan Morris, meikundayo@yahoo.com

*Credit for the title goes to Bina