Sleep Through It

Victoria :)

I see you in the café, Vicky
your blue eyes turning dark in the stingy light
and never have you looked so pretty
well not that I would know, but aren’t I right?
I’m sorry that our table’s rowdy
but so far now, you’ve looked my way like twice
I’m trying not to stare too loudly
I wish that I would take my own advice

I’m spinning out
locked inside a daydream now
faded fantasy escape
look at me
suddenly I’m awake

you walk into the bathroom with me
but obviously we use separate stalls
I’ve got performance anxiety
so I can’t go until you’re in the hall
I sneak outside before I go back
a little smoke to cut the shivers down
but I don’t even take the first drag
because you push through the door and step on out

and now I’m spinning out
locked inside a fantasy now
faded daydream escape
you look at me
suddenly I’m wide awake

you smile at me, uninhibited
a goofy little flash of pearly whites
ask me for a light as if I
could make my hands move even if I tried
a funny kind of laugh and then you
take another step closer to me
smirking as you lean in, teasing
press your cigarette to my cherry

and you know what you’re doing
don’t play the innocent card
please clue me in
I can’t read the signs cause it’s hard
but if you’re coming on to me in this bar

I must be spinning out
locked in the daydream now
shiny new fantasy escape
but you’re looking at me
and I’m wide awake

Reviews

[John Cardwell]

Lots for me to like here. Captivating first line. The rhythm changes of the "spinning" transitional stanzas. The emotional tension. The finale. Wonderfully crafted vignette. Kudos.