Someplace New

Did I disturb you with my happy sounds?
I didn't mean to aggravate your ears
With laughter and contentment, which appears
To have alarmed you. If I prowled the grounds,
Like guard dogs making their nocturnal rounds,
And growled at you, your ordinary fears
Would loosen, as if, after a few beers,
You could let go. Your silent heart rebounds,
Extending into someplace new, a spot
Where things resemble, mostly, what you hope,
Not burning tires and fifteen feet of rope,
Nor tall tales of heroic battles fought
And lost incompetently. You've been caught
Hoping for better, managing to cope.