Volume 1, Number 4 -- November, 1996

MFCA

Night

falls silently
It's children

awake
Torn

from their fitful dreams
Again

they'll prowl the night
Looking for a life

that can never be
Searching for love

they can never have
They drink

to kill their pain
But pain

is a patient foe
He knows

sooner or later
The very souls

of the night's children
Will lie

gaping

open

waiting

for his tortuous blows
They run

screaming
Searching for shelter

in a world

filled with enemies

and those who do not care
Dawn

awakes
And for awhile

the enemy
Is beaten back

away from their fragile selfs
Slowly

sleep comes
Mixed

with tears

and apprehension
Their souls

welcome the respite

brief though it may be
Till

once again
The battle
In which they cannot die

only be maimed

will begin anew
And life

love

and all that matters
Will elude them

once more

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