Night Riders

Night riders come rushing down the street. Zooming down the block swerving on two wheels around the corner.

Night riders come to take possession in the darkness that which they are denied in the light. Under cover of darkness they weave their way in and out of tight city streets and dark forsaken alleys. What are they looking for? Are they looking to simply release steam, burn off excess energy, or run away from the self that they dare not confront.

There are so many night riders in the big city. People for whom the daylight is a curse and night is their only cover. They emerge into the solitude and embrace the darkness because it is the only window that exists for them.

Lonely souls who find comfort in the persecution of others. Wretched folk who mug the innocent, rob the vulnerable, and hold hostage the weak.

The story we have recently read of the young woman who was abducted at night only to be found again five o'clock in the morning bound and gagged and tossed back to the same parking lot from which she was abducted, is one illustration of the dark decrepit souls of the night riders. He has implanted horror and terror in her life for the rest of her days. We all will not rest until he is caught, tried and convicted.

Night riders. At times, the scum of the earth.