Sworn Allegiance

in the hollows of the night

we see light...  from the window

under the door and from the

streetlamp...  darkness hides

the truth and we hide inside

the truth...  keeping our little

secrets for as long as we can;

distant relatives or friends

may come a knockin' but no

one is home to answer the

door...  we are hiding in the

hollows of the night with 

the truth we were sworn to

protect...    darkness hides

our footsteps taken ever so

carefully...  from street to

street we go, carefully we

are concealed in black as we

blend in with the night and

shadows whose outstretched

arms protect us...  we are not

the demon in this night but

we do know their secrets and

have sworn allegiance to them.

August 26, 2023