Close your eyes There's no video For this one What do you see In your mind's eye If I say: Look! (With your eyes closed of course) I'm holding out my hand to you Will you take it? Can you trust me to lead you Through this utter darkness? Will you let the black Velvet of the night air Stroke your cheek Coaxing you As your feet edge Tentatively forward Over this unknown Uneven ground? You can feel The trees, can't you? Their canopies Arch over this path Like hands in prayer Sheltering us From the intrusion of starlight Can you hear The sea far ahead? It's restless tonight Turning over and over in bed Calling out for a glass of water And asking Please Can we put on the lights? But no We will not That will have To wait until morning We've given up On illumination It's darkness We want, darkness Not the evil kind Not the frightening kind Just a beautiful Quiet darkness The space into Which everything Anything we choose Can be born You cannot see it, but I am holding Out my hand to you Will you take it?