You were mine for the night I was out of my mind. You took me by the hand and led me through the dark. The dark of night and the dark of consciousness. The world around me was broken, but so was yours. Together we ruled, But now I'm sane. And away went my pain, And away went you.
Someone walks beside the speaker through a terrible night, and the poem looks back on that time with a mix of gratitude and loss. The speaker was "out of my mind," and this other person, whether a lover, a friend, or something harder to name, took them by the hand and led them through the dark.
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