Open wide and
hide inside
I can't abide
this shattered
life.
The strife
The pain
The insane nights
that shatter dawns
eternal light

My happy dream
seems silly now
in light of mercy’s
boorish joke
She spoke a word
and left me dry
Absurd, alone
to wonder why

But truth be told
I do not care
These uncouth
jokes and life unfair
Are symptoms of a
foolish dream
I've conjured up
within a scream

And stifled though
this howl maybe,
it preserves a grain
of sanity
That just may save
me in the end from
what they tell
me is pretend.