Cerebral Poison

A gentle retreat back home

back inside the safety net of insecurities

Spending all our lives curtsying around the truth and then we’re gone

The moon smiles at me

but it can’t be trusted

It’s part of some conspiracy unknown

Condemned to happiness

Do the boats keep leaving?

The doors keep closing?

I’m right there

I’m an eternity away

Forever and a day 

Forever, you say

But let’s have our last hoorah 

some time soon

So I can abandon you on your pedestal 

for a brighter day

a lighter life