As I lay on the pipes that night

My mood tranquil,

Serene but ruffled, calm yet not composed,

I saw what I had seen for years.

The velvet blanket with its vivid velvetness

That spread over unfathomable distances

The rich velvetness so distant

Yet so comfortingly near.

The tiny distant diamonds

Sewn across the velvetness

Velvet and diamonds cast in a dazzling brilliance.

Interwoven together forever.

I felt swathed in it,

Blanketed comfortingly in the vivid velvetness.

The tender tickling breeze

Whispered sweet nothings in my ears

And eased my thoughts.

As I felt myself move through the passage,

The passage that led me through a tunnel of velvet and diamonds,

I felt myself shine and dazzle like velvet and diamonds.