Daydreaming At Night

I lay in my bed
and I stare into space
Eyes open, mind shut
Not asleep nor awake

My deep inner conscience
Rarely woken, disturbed
Knows all my dark secrets
Pictures and words

As my mind half in slumber
Calls on my desires
My fears and my faerie tales
Dungeons and spires

The scenes that it brings me
Which play in my mind
Aren't nightmares or daydreams
They're daydreams at night

They confound any scholar
Who's foolish enough
To uncover and fray them
To tarnish and touch

But if I simply give in
And let go the reigns
Imagination just wanders
Escapes from my brain

No metal chains may
In dark or in light
Contain them, conceal them
These daydreams at night

My lovers and enemies
Heroes with swords
Write stories of wonders
No notebook could store

A butterfly kiss
Unreal love burning bright
Those are the results
Of these daydreams at night

Evil spirits doth lurk
In each shadow and room
Memories from the past
Sent to haunt only you

Everything that was ever
Important, it seems
At some point is summoned
And to my mind creeps

Fanciful wishes
The love that i want
My first real kiss
Either had, or to come

No one else knows
Of my rare, special dreams
They're closed to all beings
Except, of course, me

So my mind drifts away
On this boat of lost thoughts
Once they've truly set sail
They shall never be caught

But no, don't despair
That those treasures are gone
There are myriads more
Where those jewels sprung from

Each time the sun sinks
'Neath the mountains and trees
New ideas shall be borne
On the cold, gentle, breeze

I'll never quite know
Never gain an insight
On where they come from
My daydreams at night.