Ode to Nowhere

Ode to Nowhere

You’ve kept me awake and guessing
many a long, long night
just where I would be going
when I saw the next dawn’s light.

When my eyes refuse to close
and sleep has taken flight
I’m on the road to nowhere
and anywhere’s out of sight.

Nowhere beckons righteously
as though it thinks I might
really want to go there
when the moon hangs low and bright.

Nowhere occupies my mind
like a deer caught in the headlights
It’s all I see ahead of me
as the clock ticks on past midnight.

But if by chance the slumber train
the tedious hours expedite
and dawn comes sooner than I thought
would it be impolite

To wave bye-bye to nowhere
when I’ve gained a sudden insight
that I’m really headed somewhere
or should I feel contrite?

For nowhere now sits all alone
pondering his pitiful plight
of what to do ‘til I return
on another sleepless night!