Names escape into the night,

a car's headlights cascade upon the painted

wall reflecting emotions.

Colors soar absorbing the light of the moon,

spirits reach heights that a mural welcomes

with open arms.

Sounds overlap as one tries to make sense

of the senseless.  We see in the dark what

remains invisible in the daylight hours. 

Someone shouts a name embracing it

as one.  The repetition gives it a heartbeat that

is alive among the many. 

Lily Tierney's work has appeared in Harbinger Asylum, Veil: Journal of Darker Musings, The Stray Branch, Illumen Magazine, Polu Texni, and many others. She enjoys reading and writing poetry.