Eyes open Mild panic Look around (Quiet) Realize Pause Process (Quiet) (Quiet) (Quiet) Glow-in-the-dark stars None to speak of (Quiet) (Quiet) (Quiet) Conclude Roll out of bed Careful not to wake you (Quiet) Locate shirt Pull on jeans (Quiet) Still dark You like dark (Quiet) Phone Keys Wallet Headphones (Quiet) Stand Hand on door Wait Look Still asleep (Quiet) Paper from your notebook Pen from nightstand Calligraphy pen Didn't know that (Quiet) You wrote down a dream last night "Dreamed I was safe, happy, in love" Says sleepy cursive (Quiet) (Quiet) (Quiet) Write below "So did I" (Quiet) Back to door Don't look back Don't look back Don't look back (Quiet) Look back (Quiet) (Quiet) (Quiet) Open door Escape (Quiet) Through your hall (Quiet) Messy kitchen Don't remember seeing this Must have been dark (Quiet) Shoes must have been kicked off Found them Close front door Still dark outside (Quiet) (Quiet) (Quiet) Too early for train Too far to walk (Quiet) (Quiet) (Quiet) Smile guiltily (Quiet) (Quiet) *(Quiet).
Essentially a continuation of the previous poem, "An Appalling Lack of Glow-in-the-Dark Stars".