“Take Me Away”

My insides shine happily
  I’m thinking again, but I’m not sure why
When I remember what once was
  You send an electric shock to my head
When I begin asking “what if…” again
   I stop feeling so dead
Stuck in this world,
   I choose to mimic the music
Bouncing off the walls or
   Floating slowly downstream
Inviting the voyeurs to watch the show
   As those who once loved me prepare to go
I trick the hummingbird into singing aloud
   But my vision creates a split in the crowd
Nobody told me fantasy’s not allowed
   So I just curtsied, then I bowed
Offstage, nestled safely back in your heart
  I fall asleep and dream inside my dream
You shake, as if to wake me
  Please take me away
   Before my big red heart fades to gray
           June 12, 2003