So inviting Embracing the Yearning quiet Excelling reveries Open up your Palace doors glisten the broken Calming effects Maybe they should be More permanent Full circle Back at the beginning Flashbacks in familiar surroundings Laughable insanity Selfish abandon Fortified oasis A mirage To good to reveal itself Lucid in the daylight Binding forces No validity When the levy brakes The panoramic views Expose there true stories From my perspective Felt more like dungeons Classrooms made Me claustrophobic Often closed me In there crossfire Taught the Wrong subjects I needed stability Something firm to ground me My coloring books Needed much brighter tones My pencil couldn’t Stay between the lines And the rest is A tragic history That should all be expunged Conflicted as ever Here I am Trying to balance multiple opinions Angel on one shoulder The devils in my head Tunnel visions harsh Stepping stones suddenly appear Glowing like the north star Mightily aiming in my direction Approach with caution Almighty redemption Rescind the brokenness so I can feel a bit lighter