All Night Poem by Maya Hanson

A swipe of her lipstick
is all that I need
when the lights dim

A flash of her finger
is all that I need
to keep me singing

I stop suddenly
a shiver runs through me
smoke in my veins
chokes me

She keeps me up all night
I don't know if this is right
She keeps me up all night
I feel a fire burn, ignite

Running
away from the smoke inside me
Running
away from the fear that can't find me
Laughing
so much with her it hurts
And even now
the fire inside me still burns

She keeps me up all night
I don't know if this is right
She keeps me up all night
I feel a fire burn, ignite

I'm on a wheel that keeps on turning
And it turns and it turns
Till I don't know where I am
And it turns and it turns
Till I don't know who I am anymore

In the dark
the flash glows brighter
the moon glints off
the twilight snow

In the dark
she's flying higher
above the clouds
until I can't see her

She lights a fire
under my feet
she walks away
without dousing it

But she can't help it
she doesn't know
the fire that burns
my breath starts and slows

She keeps me up all night