Out The Light
for T.L.C.

what meaning look
what looking means

friendly, not unkind eyes
looking out, looking at
I like this soul, this girl in bed

not yet shut eyes
not yet gone sleep
poems, hers or mine,
keep her awake

figuring out
how words connect
or counting sheep
or she should be

she stares out at me,
nosy as The Mona Lisa
eyes follow whomever
about the room

not a thing between
her room and mine

attempt to put a screen up
between room where she is,
room where I am, creating still

I hang a net of words
about her bed
to keep mosquitoes out
to protect her from
the biting bogeyman


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
7:31 a.m. 22.12.07