Night of a thousand tears

Night of a thousand tears

the night when the day never comes      the moon is a witness      the sky is black   

the cloud is smoke      the earth dampened in lava      in blood      in tears      the earth      

wilting      & wilting      with cracks swallowing      the weight of empty bodies      of

mothers      stripped to the womb      of men      ripped of their ribs      of bodies      

disfigured      of children      posed with      their kidneys in their mouths      the night   

when the moon never leaves      when the earth quakes      mountains drop      rivers stop   

and lightning cries      and strikes      the feet[defeat]      of aggressors.      spares pierced      

in bloody guts      missed spares pierced      in rotten stems      something dies either

way      the night      when the moon is a witness      of pain      buried      in the wounds of

the earth      the night      when scavengers feast & lick the mud      the night      when it

stays dark      when the day never comes.