Lonely

lonely is the night without the stars
that brightly shine like crystals
of broken aluminum

it is death's nightmare
that mocks sarcastically above

it silent in its own doom
with the company of the crows
and the lions freed from their den

lonely is the night-
a footstep abandoned deeply
on the sand

a sand dune
frozen by the breeze and the memories
of a night's traveler lost in a labyrinth.