The Blinds

My eyes feast upon the sunlight
sunlight forcing its way
through the blinds that hang against
that hang against my window

My eyes they focus on the fight
the fight to make it through a day
and I know somehow the sunlight
the sunlight knows the answers

I want to open up the blinds and let the light fall in
I want to open up the door and let it walk right in
If I pull myself together I could see right through the dark
Sometimes it's easier to sleep and so I pull myself apart

I do not want to go outside
outside to leave myself exposed 
to where my darkness comes to life
to life outside my window

There is nothing in the world
in the world I would rather do
than smash the glass of my window
break the glass and fall right through

I want to open up the blinds and let the light fall in
I want to open up the door and let it walk right in
If I pull myself together I could see right through the dark
Sometimes it's easier to sleep and so I pull myself apart

MM 1993