Restless

I wake up in my dark dorm
Draco the laptop sighs on my desk
in the otherwise silent room.
My oversized t-shirt is clinging to my body,
soaked in cooling sweat.
I run my fingers along my scalp
to smooth my hair back from my face.
I find it plastered to my damp forehead.
My sheets are hanging off the top bunk
like a blue cloth waterfall,
hiding my sleeping roommate below.
I lie still for a moment, my heart racing,
Trying hard to catch my dream,
but for a moment I’m distracted,
wondering what time it is.
I reach for my clock;
it’s 3 AM.
The dream seizes an opportunity
and flees from my memory,
speeding away into an empty abyss,
going somewhere I can’t follow it.
I know I should change into a dry shirt,
but I’m asleep before I sit up.