What You Don't Know Can't Hurt You

Don't fight it, my dear..

let those soft petal lids close..

let sleep caress your  features..

let the night chase away your foes.

With the lights turned off...

you will find all disappears..

everything becomes vague..

whilst your imagination becomes clear..

It's a wager that you put forth...

your sanity for a chance to dream..

What will you find? or find you?

While the moonshine gleams..

but its safer there..

with the light stolen away.

everything that is real...

is all held at bay.

It isn't your fault anymore..

No one is asking for a favor

Nothing else is added to your plate..

Nothing can get worse or waver..

All pauses at night..

breathe.. that is all that is required

That's right, my dear, sleep..

just dream and respire..

Now that you're sleeping

You won't know a thing..
you won't hurt at all, my sweet..

not even a little twang.....

Don't wake up, sweetie..

not in this moment..

I don't want you to see me now..

It would bring us both torment..

This is not what defines me..

not at all who I am..

I didn't design me..

I am but the lamb.

I am the unknown of night..

I am the antagonist in your dreams..

I am the monster that lives among you..

that is so beautiful and sweet, it seems..

but sleep on, my dear...

It doesn't make a difference to you..

you'll never know I was here..

you slept it all through.

If you wake and you question me..

I'll tell you it was just a dream..

It was a dream, dear, not reality..

You'll doubt yourself..

convince yourself..

that it wasn't real...

It was just your imagination..

and the truth is then concealed...

so keep "dreaming", dear,

let sleep ease your mind's labor...

after all.. it is night..

and with the lights out.. its safer..