She could only sleep
with the light on
being blind herself
she could not see it
but could feel it
on her skin
its presence
comforting her
as she lay in her darkness
basking in the light
I besdie her
blinded by the light
unable to go to sleep
longing for the darkneess
to comfort me
erasing the world
blurring it to sleep
before turning it
into dream.
Dónall Dempsey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-the-dark-of-the-light/
