Strangers in the Glow

The ball drops slow like a heartbeat low

Glitter falls

But it doesn’t show

My face

My thoughts

This crowded room

Strangers bloom where shadows loom

They’re laughing loud

I’m drifting soft

A satellite that's lost

Aloft

Alone on New Year’s Eve

Among strangers

I can't believe

Cheers erupt

But I can’t leave

Alone on New Year’s Eve

Plastic flutes and sparkling lies

A thousand stars in their borrowed skies

The countdown roars

But I whisper still

Time’s a thief

And it always will

A hundred faces

None I know

The clock ticks fast

I’m moving slow

Alone on New Year’s Eve

Among strangers

I can’t believe

Fireworks fade

But I still grieve

Alone on New Year’s Eve