I lie beneath these crippled beams
Where light seeps through crags unseen
Dreary hues stand placid upon the pale
Drenched in amber that pierces gloom

The evening beckons my mind to wander
Far beyond the realm of the temporal
Where the echoes of emptied prayers
Forever keep their binding silence

I drink from the stars their wisdom
In trickling embers that singe my lungs
Euphoria burns away my every breath
As my smile hangs around like smoke

The night casts an ever different light
Where shadows fade and truths blur
The city drowns in the haze of dreams
As the dark creeps closer to the dawn

I wished for the darkness to persist,
For the transient realities to remain
But alas, nightfall has come and gone
Daybreak floods; the world moves on