Goodnight sweetheart
My mother whispers softly
Ride to Dreamland tonight
Mommy, will you come too?
I'll bring a double-saddle
And come by your window
Mounted on Midnight,
My jet-black rocking horse
Or you can ride your own
I mumble as I fall asleep
Midnight knocks on my window
I go out and hop on for a ride
And off we fly to Dreamland
We stay until he says we must return
As we head for the horizon
I fall asleep once again
To wake up in my bed
And continue my other life
Until the next night
When Midnight rides again

I turn off the light
and dash madly into bed
as I pull the covers
high over my head
I observe a moment
of listening silence
before I peek out
in deathly suspense
to make sure every blanket
is away from the floor
once my task is finished
I don't worry any more
because I know
what lives underneath
and I'm quite alright
with him having big teeth
and being very hungry
big and strong
for he told me once
that we can get along
as long as I am good
never dangling an arm
or foot down to the floor
I have no cause for alarm
and I can sleep safely
because my enemy
is also my protector
he eats all, you see
and makes no exception
for you, or for me

an instant
    frozen in the annals of time
nature is
    paused as it watches in silence
in awe
    of the power nearly unleashed
fastest
    as the lightspeed barrier breaks
an action
    that makes the sun look reduced
suddenly
    as the entirety of all is transformed
an atom
    appears and multiplies matter
blindingly
    as a voice speaks and all exists

a name engraved in soft grey rock
immortalizing the remaining award
the door is shut, the key is gone
the thing inside, safely forever stored
once a grand and favorite treasure
it outgrew its use once adored
only a mistaken sense of memory
makes it the stone's favored ward
it is nothing but misplaced hope
that one day it will be restored
but it is simply barren ground
that is lost without its lord

he breathed a restless moment
and lost all worthy intent
the weary smile finally spent
he raised the voice of dissent

the sound stood up and looked at me
I stared in silenced astonishment
he breathed and I heard an echo
the stars drawn with a fallen leaf
I opened my mouth to reply
but the sound was nowhere to be seen

May life turn its path
    to greet you on your way
May the sun shine brightly
    on you after this dark day
May the things you touch
    spring up and grow anew
May your feet tread the ground
    bathed by the morning dew
May your road be pleasant
    and meet again with mine
May your heart be true
    to things unbound by time