here in this fire I pain
lamenting life’s choices
my failure to believe
my unwillingness to submit
what was life if not mine
a cruel test I’ve come to find
Scopes monkeys in a cage
Syrian rats in malaise
condemned for my confusion, yet
fed on fermented fruit as mother’s milk
too many blurred lines to know, as
puzzle pieces loom just beyond my reach
wretched sorrow is now mine
here the haze is lifted from the blind
scores of tormented souls come to find
the answer was always your mind
lamenting life’s choices
my failure to believe
my unwillingness to submit
what was life if not mine
a cruel test I’ve come to find
Scopes monkeys in a cage
Syrian rats in malaise
condemned for my confusion, yet
fed on fermented fruit as mother’s milk
too many blurred lines to know, as
puzzle pieces loom just beyond my reach
wretched sorrow is now mine
here the haze is lifted from the blind
scores of tormented souls come to find
the answer was always your mind