Shine

Tears of light drip through my hotel window
 And into tired eyes
 They yawn across the ceiling
 Cracked and flaking like old stones
 Resting on the dresser with the coffee and the key
 Shine a light
 Turn the night back into morning
 Shine a light
 Take the night away from me
 Will I wake up somewhere quiet and palatial
 A museum or a daydream
 Will I wake up in a town I should have slept through
 All the minutes feel like hours
 Feel like seconds
 Feel like days
 Am I here
 Are you awake
 Am I away
 Am I anyone at all
 Do I even have a body anymore
 Tears of light
 Drip from my eyes
 Through the floor into the lobby
 Where they pool like blood or water
 Til the sun burns down the dawn
 Pulls the vapor back up to my starving lungs
 And into corners
 Of my brain
 That I don't know or even care to
 Am I here
 Am I alone
 And do I dare to shine a light
 Turn the night back into morning
 Shine a light
 Take the night away from me
 Shine a light
 Turn the night back into morning
 Shine a light
 Take the night away from me