Sweet dreams

[For a friend]

I gave her my poetic promise
so here shall I deliver,
an imprint in time between
characters and themes and analysis
that cannot be helped for all is deeper

and I am such a very clever bastard
after all
not seeing pain in crying eyes
blind, deaf and a fool

But smiles are in the mail
now approaching your door,
your ivory lights that click on in the dark
and make it worth braving for more than a minute
even when I am scared and alone and unable to sleep

and I am such a very brave bastard
after all
not fearing pain or opening eyes
blind, deaf and a fool

So when you feel this shade descend to dwell within your mind
just shout my name and I will do my very best to find
You in the dark
You in the light
You in the vastness of all this space in all this time
Now forever a poetic memory in every reader's mind.

Sweet dreams