Fractured Reality

Fractured verses searching for

the whipping boy

tied to the mast of a sinking ship

Thirty lashes

then one hundred more

the dream sea will claim her prize

blinded by starlight

as we drift farther down

Golden roads of promise

discovered to be nothing more

than brass

tarnished by the footfalls of fools

Our demons stepping from the shadows

tongues in our ears

perpetuation of fear and isolation

become an unforgiving

Reality

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