A bad night

Chords of melancholy, rise with the sun

drifting into

thoughts full of sleep

I wake to the sound 

That sweet melody is 

always the same

I can't help but hope

if I stay, another day

the loneliness will go

why can't I go

Smiling faces, so elusive

hands always empty

no one holds them

I curl them up as I caress the familiar notes

of the song I know, hands reaching out

crying, trying, to get through

why can't I go

The song begins to fade as I

fall asleep

Fantasies of 

laughter

love

pulsing, beating like they're real 

running free, seeing

the moonlight's ethereal glow

warms a cold body

I drift away

longing, searching, wanting to feel

something good

a small place, or a safe space

an oasis

a sweet dream

The music stops.