Wide awake--
With eyes like that of an owl's
Glowing at midnight--
Searching for nothing
Staring, eyes rolling, eager, piercing...

Heart racing--
Beating like prestissimo
Running for nothing
Jumping tirelessly
Breathing in and out--
Like a flame throwing dragon
Breathing for nothing
Seemingly airless...

Mouth drying up--
Like a well in a hot summer
Tongue licking--
Like the rattle snake...

Mind in a marathon--
Full of ideas
Like the Founding Fathers'--
Intelligence solving nothing...

Sleep so far away--
Like a distant star
Unreachable, unattainable...

Lullabye a useless song--
Can't sleep, can't sleep...

09/20/2001