By Steve Soskin   intersys@cruzio.com  http://lovers.base.org
Date: 15 January 1998

NIGHTTIME

    Nighttime magic neverending 
    ENDING! 
    As we try to cope with that ultimate ruse, 
    The bane of human existence, 
    The myth known as happiness. 
    Rainbow-chasing children 
    romping unknowingly through forests of false hopes 
    dreaming deludedly of elusive happiness; 
    The magic of nighttime is the happiness of sleep 
    where myth becomes reality and lovers can give of themselves 
    freely until............ 
    The chasm of daybreak rudely intervenes and their world becomes 
    illusion once more, 
    monochrome rainbows twisted into mocking icons 
    of illogical impropriety 
    plunging crazily into that cruel canyon of chronic crises. 
    Happiness awaits below, 
    projecting her myth upon an unsuspecting world, 
    tantalizing those who join the chase 
    with moments of unguarded pleasure, 
    Taunting those who dare to proclainm that attainment 
    with a renewed vigor, 
    For without the myth of happiness we are left with 
    the residue of despair and emptiness, 
    cold ashes left as the spoor of happiness until 
    the rainbow-run begins anew. 
    Nighttime magic neverending 
    ENDING?