I stand there on the doorstep watching the light...
My toxic smoke rises away on currents, it thins...

So I can swear like a trooper,
Because that's what I once was...

I sit at my desk watching the flame of that tiny...
It flickers and leaps, caught in the draft as the...

To die without dying
To seep without crying...

Happy birthday little one
Though you ain't so little now...

Pick up your plectrum and play for me,
I can't I've got 3 strings unstrung...

We will pass each other on the street,
And we will dip our heads...

I am a thing that does not sleep.
The thing that does not embrace the light...

Look at you just sitting there,
A show of pure delight...

Strength is not gauged by muscle
It's not what you can lift...

This is not a spark from any fire,
It is not a play or a devious trick of light...

My best friend for 16 years
My loyal companion and protector...