we cancel out the stars
why do we feel the need to eliminate darkness?
driving tonight was just row after row of fluorescence and neon
sickening, really, because all i wanted was quiet.
in its radiance, all of that faux-light felt off.
even the sky was tinted pink, the moon a burnt-orange. too many colors, too much glare.
there is no such thing as night down here.
no dark, no sleep. the roadsides never yawn.
and above me, circles flicker green-yellow-red. it's driven but hesitant. when do we rest?
are we afraid of the dark, like children alone in bed at night?
...irrational. shadow deserves respect.
and life is too fragile to poison it with fear.
we're a generation lost, so out of focus.
(and the synthetic glow loses its luster in peripheral vision).
driving tonight was just row after row of fluorescence and neon
sickening, really, because all i wanted was quiet.
in its radiance, all of that faux-light felt off.
even the sky was tinted pink, the moon a burnt-orange. too many colors, too much glare.
there is no such thing as night down here.
no dark, no sleep. the roadsides never yawn.
and above me, circles flicker green-yellow-red. it's driven but hesitant. when do we rest?
are we afraid of the dark, like children alone in bed at night?
...irrational. shadow deserves respect.
and life is too fragile to poison it with fear.
we're a generation lost, so out of focus.
(and the synthetic glow loses its luster in peripheral vision).