I'VE BEEN AWAKE, MY EYES WIDE OPEN UNDER THE STARS. I LOOK UP TO SEE

A MOON BEMIND BARS, BUT THE MOON IS NOT BEHIND THEM, THE BARS LAY OVER MY EYES

SCROLLING PAST LIKE RIBBONS MADE OF BLACK, TIGHT ACROSS MY MIND'S EYE.

THEN A STAR FALLS DOWN AND JUMPS BETWEEN THE BARS, BURROWING DOWN THROUGH ALL MY SCARS.

AND THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD BE, OUTER SPACE MIXING INTO ME TO MAKE A SPACE

GROW IN ME PURE INNER SPACE AS FAR AS MY MIND CAN TAULY SEE.

HAVE I FORGOTTEN ALL THE LOVE I MAVE ?

HAS IT BEEN ONLY LEAD BY SOME

LOVELORN VOICE OR SOMEONE ELSE'S EYE FROM DOWN THE ROAD OR OVER THERE?

FOLLOW ME, l'O LIKE TO HOLD YOU SO CLOSE UNDER A TURNING TREE IN GROVE,

AND WHEN THE LEAVES FALL DOWN ALLRED AND GOLD, BARE BRANCHES UP ABOVE, THEN A BLANKET OF SNOW FOR OUR LOVE.