I have a reverence for insomnia

a beckoning ring to the solitary

a somnambulant cry the soul

left to one’s devices told it was the right

when all along left

handed

there is no dawn and still I call it daylight

this sleeplessness adds a darkness to the edge

of town what about the guard the one you just can’t face

spending their whole like trying to keep it

for the someday

a night watch

man alone patrolled

in the darkness on this edge of town

a reverence for insomnia

the moon and the watchman

close guards to this sanctuary