mad girl's love song

i shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
i lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think i made you up inside my head)

the stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
and arbitrary blackness gallops in;
i shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

i dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
and sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(i think i made you up inside my head)

God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade;
exit seraphim and satan's men;
i shut my eyes and all the worl drops dead.

i fancied you'd return the way you said,
but i grew old and i forgot your name.
(i think i made you up inside my head)

i should have loved a thunderbird instead;
at least when spring comes they roar back again.
i shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(i think i made you up inside my head)

- sylvia plath