Will dance for life
twisting these limbs
around flickering ghosts
as the music enters
throbbing in tempo
to match the erratic beats
of this heart

Will frequent familiar haunts
and sit on bar stools
spinning in circles
to take everything in
catching pieces
of whispered conversations,
a cacophony of misdirection
as these night people
pair off and take flight

Will stay awake all night
wondering if this is all it offers?
maybe a chance to dip these hands
into assorted coffers
not rich with gold,
but vibrant experiences
that will be forgotten
once this dream takes over

Will relinquish control
of all these surroundings
if taken the reigns
to reel in the strange
these thoughts that consume
at midnight in this room
while others quietly sleep
for another troubled tomorrow

mathiasthom
written 7/30/11