One by one
The lights go out,
And yet I do not miss their warmth.
One by one,
Like incisions to this mask of sanity,
They pierce this false illumination.
Yet, the darkness they bring
Is as welcome to me
As any sunrise I have ever known.
Disturb me not in my slumber
For I relish my time there,
Each moment to me
Is as sweet
As a gentlemans wine;
This pauper has never tasted
Anything quite so rapturous.
Wake me not from my darkness
For I fear that the light
Will prove her absence from this bed.
I fear that these eyes
Will make no attempt to decieve
This old mind of mine,
I fear they will show the noxious truth:
I am cold and alone in this bed.
Take me back to my dreams
Where I can see her untainted
By this reality of distance,
Take me back to my slumber
For I abhor this reality;
The fantasy draws me in.
So goodbye and goodnight
My friends and foes alike,
I wish you good fortune and health.
So I say goodbye to the sun
And welcome sweet darkness
With it's ship upon it's wake.
Upon the bow
I can strain to see her silhouette,
The vision alone keeps me breathing.
Tonight I go to visit my lady
In sweet slumber sublime.
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