(For My Uncle Tommy)

You closed your eyes and spread your wings But you didn't fly away I know why; you were afraid

I know it's hard when I go away It'd be easier if I could always stay But here's a promise to you I'll always come back for you

In spite of the times we yelled at one another We got through it together To the years of spaceships and video games Of action figures and code names Through that whole time our friendship survived

Beware the Shadow People That sit in the dark corners They shout and mock Where no one can see them

It's staying together while being hundreds of miles apart It's rolling your eyes and smiling It's missing someone when they're far away It's accepting someone for who they are

(“Hikari” is Japanese for “light”)

Oh, my sad friend I can see the dark in your eyes It's closing in again, isn't it? Cutting off the sun and blackening the skies.

(“Yami” is Japanese for “darkness”)

Swirling darkness all around It's all I hear, the only sound

Every night I can feel it Like some evil spirit Watching me in the dark Waiting for the spark Of fear that will breathe life into its world and intensify the strife That I feel every hour to remind me I have no power

Such a soft touch My hand in yours So simple So gentle May it never end

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I love that face Don't change it I can see you inside

It's real never fake You're happy without smiling

I can see through you To the smile on the inside It's in your eyes

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