In Dreams

I know the silence of a room From vast nights consumed In sheets and skin I know the windows when they're closed The blinds when they're unrolled For no light gets in It shows in the distance you grow The sorrow you show And when it shows It shows in the mirrors you see In dreams that cannot be Wide awake It shows in a stranger you saw A face from afar You thought you knew It shows in the distance you grow The sorrow you show And when it shows