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".