i pull ribbons from my eyes on the moonlight
lift up giftwrap to the stars
through the darkside swims a soul familiar
but stranger by the reference point
do you sit and count mermaids
as they sip buttercups in the shade
coconuts falling by the dockside
sharing freely the oceanwaves that undulate
it's not ours to give but we'll give it our all
drain the surrounding pools of life
radiance drips into my abundant
tickletales of gnomes and sprites
do you wake up counting sheep now
to tip yr fedora to those left unsaid
sleepless night we watched yr flock grow
sleeping now they wane and moan
i am only a heartbeat away from surprises
that are seated today in my eyes
tear apart the stars and turn on the light
set adrift on a coconut boat
sailed by gnomes and sprites
it's not mine to wonder why i wander at all
played in the resounding schools
obedience tripped up in the convent
leaving the blessed starving soon after they're fed
do you go to sleep now in saline
finding nothing like solace in yr dreams
staying awake anymore crying the nightmare
heartless faces that bleed and stare
it's all i can do to not become you
i'm spinning on the potter's wheel
so dizzy i can't see why i am here
what i was won't give me a because
until becoming you is all that i can do
