Midnight

Midnight cradles you in her taunting arms
Stay another hour, stay another hour
Sleepless nights move in time
like the ribbons of dancers

You walk as a dream in the day

And you
You are not one to let go

So you wait for midnight
To spare you the hour.
As you listen to every tick of the clock
Like a faithful friend.

You wait for midnight
To let the ribbon fall;
Finish the dance with a bow;
Release you from her hold