At Midnight

I cloak myself in a blanket of stars

Crushed velvet and soothing silk

Punchdrunk off moonlight and dreams

The rush of cars or crashing waves or distant laughter?

A sacred lullaby

The heartbeat a rosary

First I open my mind's eye to listen

Then I open my inner self to find

A pillow to hold

A dance floor to consummate

A sky to embrace

All these and more a place of worship

People, memories, little scars of irritation--

Shoo, fly, don't bother me

I'm diving into me tonight

I'm melting into midnight