By Turtle
My eyes stare dry into the darkness
Sleep ever elusive even when exhausted
Mind swirling in random thoughts from
Rabbit holing the interwebs of nonsense.
Remembering years passing in flight
Out partying on New Year’s night
Glitter and flashing colored lights
Making out in the shadowed corners of night.
The sheets slide cool over my legs
I squeeze my eyes shut in desperation
Curl my icy feet under sleeping dogs
Willing myself to forget what I was, am, could be.
Slipping through alleys to hidden club doors
Password a necessity not forgotten lore
Click click click heels clack on the floor
Dance floor of undulating bodies, I want more.
Rising, covers fall, I stand there alone
No light, my hand traces the walls
Edge of my hearing, a beat pounds
I follow the entrancing notes blindly.
Doof Doof Doof my heart beats in time
Lyrics to a song that doesn’t rhyme
The mob of sweating flesh pheromones prime
Overwhelm my senses to pull me in line.
My mind must be dreaming I’m there
But I feel fingers caress my shoulder
Trailing down my arm to jump to my hip
Our skin sticks and slides as we surge.
We move to deep house, drum and beats
Rendering clothes unnecessary in the heat
Sliding, moving, shaking, grooving until I’m weak
I don’t know if I remember words to speak
Have I entered a fairy world of beauty?
Where everything you want is what you seek
Who are you? Will we meet again?
Or do you only exist when I sleep?
