Night Vision

Walk inside the rain
In a sphere of night;
Stand inside the wind,
Breathe in dark delight.

There is no pain
(Look the world in the face)
There is no sin
(Look the world in the eye)
The sun will race
But give her time
And the moon will fly.

Seven sins and seven virtues
Seven strangers in my heart;
My coat blows out behind me
And my masks all fall apart.

We paint our faces for the light,
We think we fool them all somehow,
But after dark, it's only textures
Under low, embracing clouds.

When I open the door
(Don't look them in the face)
I am watching the ground
(Don't look them in the eye)
Though the sun did race
Across these skies
The moon still flies.


--Megan Morris, meikundayo@yahoo.com