Swallowed by senseless pain

A melody erupts

Into swirling black notes

Like swarms of bats

~

Time is eaten alive in their rush

For the full moon’s yellowish glare

Through the spare autumn trees

~

The lonely caverns bleed black

Into an ocean of shadows

Their endless hymn is unknown

So far from home

~

Only the moon and the stars

Gleam tearfully above

While old friends turn away

In the coils of sleep