Stay Alive

Meet this midnight world, a big city with small lights cowering from the acetone sky. Houses shut their eyes tight, wishing on a car, cars that turn and fall away behind you. A sky-scraper city turns into a high-rise factory, studded with stars. Little yellow lights make it seem friendlier, and fires burn high in the dark, making safety feel closer. White strips on the road peel away from the tires, lighting up to make a fairy trail to follow. Leave in circles, and find yourself in the same place that you started, but not afraid. The clocks bleed the hours away, quietly singing in the softest way. Brown and green, fading away without any resistance. The bleached moon tucks you away, lulling you into sleep that you deserve. Don’t be afraid, don’t be sharp or cruel or loud. Gentle, quiet, the day giving over to the dusk, softly and lovingly. This chlorine town will leave along with your sleep, in a world that is shallow, in a world that came clean.