A Darkened Flight

There's going to be a struggle tonight
As I wrestle with my nocturnal plight
Pulled away from a waking life that just isn't right
I'll be at the controls of a darkened flight,

A tug of war between the day and starlight
Demons I never intended to invite
Please God take this nightmare from my sight
May my soul fly above the chaos like a kite,

Inevitably though the darkness will encroach
Crawling from the cracks in my dreams like a roach
Scenes from a haunted stagecoach
My flak damaged plane comes in on the final approach,

Golden slumber is just a myth to me
There's a phantom ship drifting out to sea
I'm half dead in this mournful epiphany
From the deep woods I'm serenaded by a banshee,

She's calling me to my grave
This White Night has no one left to foolishly save
My road to disaster I alone paved
The shroud is being lowered I've been freshly shaved,

But the void of the night has been defeated somehow
Dawn has arisen with her fevered brow
Vanquishing the landscape of all sacred cows
Just as my estranged bride abandoned her vows,

I hoped the night would be a sanctuary from heartbreak
But I'm haunted by the ghosts of my mistakes
Just as lies came from the mouth of a snake
And witches were burned at the stake,

My Darling you made love such a joke
You could turn laughter to tears in one single stroke
Your moods descended upon me like grayish smoke
All those fatalistic human traits you evoked,

What is the night but a smothering hand?
And I am an outlaw hiding out in the badlands
Trying to find sustenance in rusted cans
You specialized in bringing sorrow to this man,

What is the point of going on?
A question I've pondered and stumbled upon
As I stare out hopelessly upon a dying lawn
I'm assured darkness will come soon it won't be long.