1. Layover Nights
Jetlagged again,
3 AM blinks on the clock,
Sleep slips through my fingers,
Mind unraveling miles away.
Is this the life I chased?
A suite with a view, but you’re not here.
Other side of the world,
Feet to the floor,
Another day in paradise—
Or just another day alone?
2. Trapped
Loveless job,
Loveless bed,
Loveless life?
The hamster wheel spins,
But I refuse to run.
Not again.
Not this time.
Life’s too short
To live behind glass.
3. Hotel Bar
A stranger in a dim-lit room,
Another Elton John hit sways through the air.
The piano man knows the chords,
The bartender waters down the whiskey,
And your eyes hold a question.
Shall we dance to Tiny Dancer?
No names, no promises,
Just a song, just a moment
Before morning erases us both.
4. Big Fish or Small Fish
Catch the big fish,
Be the big fish,
So much pressure on both.
Is it better to swim unseen,
A small fish in deep waters?
Or to rise, to glisten, to be devoured,
A trophy too tempting to let go?
Big fish take the bait,
Small fish slip through the cracks.
One feeds on ambition,
The other on time.
Who really wins?
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