I disengage
Little by little
Day by day
Withdrawn from the path of being
Barred from the haze of earthbound reveries

My nerves fall silent
As my mind begins to rove
Blossoming silhouettes and shadows
That breed consciousness of their very own

The black canopy of thoughts
Frays and flutters away into the breeze
Leaving a clear view of glimmering titans
Their beauty drained
Into the hollow void of my mind

I linger to drink in
Ivory and gilded skies
While the silhouettes I’ve carved
Take to their early strides
And converge on the lives
They have eagerly spawned

I remain defiantly distracted
Fixated on what the world shall never know
Drawn to the eternal flicker within my thoughts
Where I burrow in hours of peril and uncertainty