I dream easy of when I was young,
How I set out on my own to have
Some fun, see the world, be well-known,
With nothing more than Poe’s Lenore.

A handful of clouds and I was on my way,
Feeling as boundless as blue falling rain.
Sunshine and merriment, are its colors and
Hues, the rainbows find dewdrops, a marriage
Is fused. I gasped and I gawked, my eyes open
Wide, looking for stars, and a safe place to hide.

A future I made with each passing step, with
Moxy, my wits, and inherited grit. Los Cruces
New Mexico, Lenore Lee was her name, took
Me from nothing and then took my name.

But her castle keep contained every manner of ghost,
Specters and spooks our regular hosts. One dark
Lonely night insomnia gripped, fascinated, enthralled,
Beguiled, I slipped, into her arms to ride out my trip

We lasted as long as we stayed in the wall, away from
The world that was ready to fall, hidden in silence we
Kissed and we prayed, until night surrendered to day
And gave way to a Raven that sat on the sill by my door
Forevermore, forevermore, lonely no more with Poe’s Lenore.