The pain kreeps up his body,
not from physical damage,
He sits in the room with others,
but they are unaware of it.
He feels like he is dancing,
though he's not moving to the eyes of other men,
Misery as his companion,
she'll dance with him to the end.
They all play fool,
to the pain he feels within,
Noone can see the harm,
doing fine he makes it seem to them.
But while the others are dancing,
he stares at a single candle,
watching the flames flickering,
The misery he can't seem to handle.
When he is approached,
his dull face forms a smile,
They try to make small talk,
but it doesn't seem worthwhile.
In the corner of the room,
with a rain cloud above his head,
he's the only one who can see it,
and wishes he was dead.
He glances all around,
watching through the crowd,
finds a pair of eyes,
that are as dark as the midnight sky.
These eyes he found,
he knew they didn't belong to any mortal,
though they all play fool,
to this woman who joins them in the circle.
Everywhere he moves,
so does the woman,
as if he is playing a game,
of hide and go seek.
He searches through the entire house,
to find an isolated room,
One where he'll be alone,
where he cannot be disturbed.
As he sinks into an armchair,
that lovingly faces a warm fire,
he still feels the cold,
that he from misery aquired.
As he slowly into his thoughts drifts,
closing his eyelids,
When all was quiet so it seemed,
The man slowly began to dream.
There in his dreams he did find,
the same woman with the dark eyes,
She held out a hand as if to dance,
thought did the man now was his chance.
Accept her hand he did and began to move,
swaying gently around the room,
his hands on her hips lovingly embraced,
a warm smile was upon her face.
Without any music they danced romanticaly,
Just each other is all they would need,
The man thought this was so perfect,
Surely something he would never forget.
In reality he laid on the floor,
people all around him watching in horror,
The mans body violently shook,
His heartbeat racing as everyone looked.
People there questioned his actions,
Was it insanity or human body reactions,
Was this man going to be alright,
would he make it through the night?.
Back in his dreams he was still dancing,
Though his heartbeat was dangerously rising,
then leaned in the woman to kiss,
and together perfectly they locked lips.
Now laying on the floor is the man,
Whose heartbeat has sadly come to an end,
Though they never knew the reason why,
There in the corner of the room, was the woman with the dark eyes.
by ~Lucien Freeman