Waking up to the waiting game
I've been playing
For seconds upon seconds
Drawn out.
Waking up
To sweet disappointments
A disease with one remedy

I dance away my attachment
Attachment to sorrow
Attachment to misunderstanding.

Instead I can laugh
And dance
Dance 'til I sweat
Dance till I laugh
Dance 'til the room smells of love
And water
And the basslines are left
Throbbing through my veins

And when that bittersweet disappointment settles back
On my shoulders
Drooping me down to the flat
Blank
Dreary
Computer screen
I can listen to the laughter
The birthday wishes
The terrible singing
Happy sixteenth, lady
Thanks for the cupcakes
Thanks for the freezing cold
Of our laughter
As we shove snow down our shirts
And frolick
Like rabbits

And the music continues to pump.