Night owl: The strigiforme emerges Clouded in crimson Feathered vision Cloaked in night The young man's heart races He forgot to pay his fines "It's okay" he emits "It just slipped my mind" The owl circles above "Just give me some time" The owl bellows "I need it, young fellow" As he patrols on time Vicarious visions probe the man's mind A frightening mood He's enveloped in black Festering forms drenched in worms Peck at his eyes Visceral, visceral "Forget me not" uttered in shrill And the man's neck snaps With the blood his soul leaks into the void A technicolor swirl soon gives way to paranoia He breathes, yet his lungs no longer move "Give way to my will" beckons the owl His tongue is familiar, like a lost language once spoken in times past, But hieroglyphic all the same And the man sinks and is stretched
Given the choice between known and unknown, the man goes with comfort A cylindrical chasm to a familial realm A world stained orange A certain memory Mother, father, A fair night in October His cigarette gleams Serenely vestigial Often times the words I know I know As if implanted in my mind Usually uttered on the spot Sometimes jargon Sometimes evident of an owl