Susan's Lament

There are bogeymen 

Under the bed again.  

Of course, there usually are.  

But I'll grab the poker 

And send them away.

Seeing through monsters 

Is easy when you see 

Things as they really are.  

And I walk through the walls

And time stops for a while

And Death will remember it all;

So will I.  

To be just a bit 

Immortal is to
Be just partly human, but 

To be or not to be, 

The skull is family.  

Not a handful of

Atoms that won't be

Here to be tomorrow.

And I walk through the walls

And time stops for a while

And Death will remember it all;

So will I.  

It's comforting to know 

That you're invisible 

And different.  Sensible

Calm and logical,

Helpfulness personified. 

We all have our flaws, 

These are mine.  And there are no

Perfect moments, just Time.  

And I walk through the walls

And time stops for a while

And Death will remember it all;

So will I.  

Molecules of mercy,
Atoms of justice;

The big lies make the
Life that's all you know.

So I'll be here tomorrow,
To save the world again.

Some things are in the bones,

Others in the soul.

And I walk through the walls

And time stops for a while

And Death will remember it all;

SO WILL I.