wrapped up in states
of false security,
a nightmare parading the facade
of a beautiful haven

the faces you show are unfamiliar
but too alluring to deny
and I thought I knew you
with a different mask,

a kinder way of being
before the world changed you
before your mind changed you
but that is in the past
the past is gone, and I try

at night, tossing and turning
I try to grasp you
I wave my arms frantically
in the way of the times that have gone
because I long for you back
and I see you

but I can never reach far enough