The Dance

I sleep And sleep And I push the alarm away I open my eyes and go about my day Readying for the dance Picking up and carrying my bags Walking to the venue Arriving at the door I feel the buzz of my phone in pocket And I open it and see your picture notification Pushed in my face are new pictures New pictures of you and your new boo The taunting words I can hear you say Can you see the difference!? Will you too be at the dance? And I enter anxious I enter alone And I sit isolated from the others When my alarm goes off again I open my eyes And I’m shaken