The Ballerina

With music playing in my dreams
As I dance around the floor
 Twirling as if in a music box
  In a room without a door.

The beauty of this moment
With the music that I hear
 It's the dimness that surrounds me
  As I try to feel no fear.

In my dream I keep on dancing
As my legs now feel the strain
 The music now becomes disturbed
  As lightning in a steady rain.

This constant pounding in my head
As I continue with this dance
 Looking and needing a way to stop
  As my eyes from corner to corner glance.

No doors or windows in this place
Only music in a solid room
 The floor is velvet on which I move
  As I fell a steady impending doom...

A movement now above my head
For that was my only release
 Someone turned the music off
  And now there's only blessed peace.

I've finally stopped my dancing
And know why there's no doors or locks
 I know I wasn't dreaming
  For I'm but a ballerina, in a music box...