seven minutes to midnight

Seven minutes to midnight

When dragonflies play

Feasting on reality

Seven deadly sins

All before the clock strikes

And time runs out

Seven minutes to midnight

The ladies dance

Reaching out to touch the fire

One among them breathing words in flames

Wrapping her arms like wings in an inferno

Seven minutes to midnight

Is that lady dancing with fire?

My future or just a memory

Gone in the past

Burn out like a dragonfly in the flames

Chanting to a song

Seven minutes past midnight

Sitting around the ambers

The simmering glow telling a narrative

As the dragonfly plays

And sleep pulls me to her bosom

Patience has time limits too