Odysseys of Tomorrow

(Edited for Final Portfolio) 

Tonight was absolute

Our flow strengthened as the current grew

As though the waves of chance have been renewed

The night was marked

A date at a time where it all stood still

The ticks and tocks silenced by our deceptive reality

This was not the time for covers and sheets

The storybooks that had once depressed our eyelids

Now unsleeping pages, itching to be filled

The night became the vigilant schemer

Inclining us to pursue it like a felon

But it was us who stole the moon and the stars

Unguided, we drove to see the night on our sorcerous blankets

The wayward streets delved deeper into us

Sealing evidence in the chambers of memory

Though the night became eternal

We sought the odysseys of tomorrow

Like we had found the Tree of Life and become immortal

The creatures of the night embraced us curiously

And so we evolved and grew feathers darker than the sky

Our hoo-ing and cooing echoed a loud lullaby

With the winds of melody blowing us forward, we flew into the night

Reaching the heights of the sleeping dreamers

Drinking from the Milky Way to satiate our appetite

At night, we became one with the wonders and the whys

Embraced by the shadows left behind at daylight

Evident like the twinkles of glitter spread across the eternal heavens

But the night grew tiresome

The cloak that had shielded us too heavy to hold any longer

The moon punched out just as the sun punched in

And so we shed our feathers and retired to our cribs

The drafted book returned to the shelf next to the many others who sat
Waiting for the night to come