it's like an early morning awakening
from a dream that seemed so real
it's the way your mind plays games with your heart
and convinces it not to feel
in the long slow exhale
of a midnight dance gone wrong
your feet begin to stumble, as a mouth opens to sing
the words to an unfamiliar song
but in that parallel universe
where wild dreams do come true
there's a record on eternity's turntable
with a melody set to a coronary rhythm -
one heart beating as two.
