Walking slowly, walking into home,
Walking into chaos, the ashy smell
Barrages my senses. There you sit,
You seething cesspool of nothing special.
The box you came in one transformed for me
Into a castle on a blue-green hill.
I would repel enemy knights while you
Flickered and enveloped my family.
As time passed, I began to comprehend
The allure of the light radiating
From within your smooth black interior.
Your emissions exposed me to the world.
The clock dictated when to turn you off
But I often rebelled and left you on
While the moon swam through the sleepy sky
And the owls sang the blues, tempting day's dawn.
In your warm embrace I stayed up until
The time came for me to fly from the nest.
You remained my dutiful lover through
The end of times, Seinfeld's fall in '98.
Now the heat has destroyed my loyal lover.
Never again lost in your siren song,
Never again comforted by your glow,
The sun burns out in a world without you.