Mad Girl''s Love Song

    By Sylvia Plath

    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 darkness 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 enter Satan''s men:

    I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

    I fancied you''d return the way you said.

    But I grow old and I forget 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).