Night vision

My weary gaze

Seems to have phased

Into a daze that

Penetrates

The pavement

I don’t know

If I’m

Pained by some external

Play that forces me

To betray the sky

Or if my body has

Finally claimed its

Place as controller of

My life

As the glow reflects

The light from above

My eyes widen

Trying to

Reconfigure

The new sights

I’m frightened

To rationalize what I see

I’m hoping that my eyes

Are deceiving me

And telling me that

What appears before my

Frightful gaze

Is nothing but a maze

A winding trick of illusions

Concocted by my

Mind

This night vision,

Oh how it beckons

My spirit to miss the sun