3 AM

    (2002)

    Inspiration strikes
    (this time in the form of a blond boy from class)
    Daydreams - hell - fantasies
    Full Fledged!
    Keeping me from sleep.
    Watching the tree outside sway,
    with the false light of street lamps behind it.
    The same window my muse walks past
    (ivy framed - I look out to see).
    We probably have nothing in common.
    but at 3AM
    the thought of him,
    (in glaze covered scrubs)
    makes me smile
    makes me grin
    makes me start to think of getting him
    under my hands
    my fingers beneath the folds of his clothes
    the feel of his breath on my skin.
    Completely Unattainable (a safe crush)!
    But at 3AM
    I grin
    I smile like a fool
    at the mere idea of him in my room
    in my bed;
    or slow dancing -
    romancing me
    under the christmas lights on my ceiling.
    At 3AM
    writing like a maniac
    flashes of thoughts -
    Like him walking past my window,
    tie hanging loosely around his neck
    and the button up shirt refusing
    to hide the necklace he always wears.
    He probably got it from his girlfriend.
    He's probably desperately in love with her,
    but at 3AM -
    I don't care.
    I just sit on the floor in front of my futon
    switching songs -
    feeling the throes of a crush in my soul
    Imagining the thoughts -
    (naughty little thoughts they are)
    like pushing him against a wall,
    like catching him off guard,
    pulling him into the storage closet
    for a few minutes ( a few precious seconds)
    of a lustful, passionate encounter
    that would raise a few eyebrows when we emerge.
    Skin flushed, hair ruffled, blushing at the exposure
    and giving a secret knowing look
    walking away - in different directions.
    At 3AM
    I wonder
    I think
    I conive
    Sweetness passes through, breezes by,
    an innocent walk by the river, through the trails at the park.
    holding hands,
    kissing me under Orion's gaze,
    at 3AM.

    At 3AM
    I get so excited,
    I plan
    I plot
    I design
    I create
    I write (too much?)
    Oh my insomnia.
    Bitter sweet, fucking dreamless, sleepless nights.
    At 3AM
    not sure what I want -
    Dreams or fantasies - Reality?
    Dualities -
    my duality.
    At 3AM - a shift in time.
    Stuck between the reality of my world
    (grey carpet, class in 6 hours, homework I should be attending to)
    the reality and the dream
    (the future as it will be and the future as I want it to be)
    Busy building memories off the dream;
    memories to be forgotten
    until the next 3AM.
    Reality breaking in
    (the pain in my fingers - sleep crawling through my brain)
    At 3AM
    Sweet inspirational Insomnia -
    At 3AM.

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