take five

don’t forget this feeling of elation
of free exhilaration
riled up and moving
shaking with possibility
rattling the room

if you could just
keep the play going forever
with no breaks needed
you could fill the cup
and never doubt again

but it’s good to stop
to rest the keys
off to monday dance
to shake your feet
and writhe on the floor

because there are lots of cups
and we can fill them all
so that when you hide away
eventually
like you do
alone in your room
afraid of the world again

you’ll be able to prove
you’ve been alive