lost in thought

a common malady

in our time


wandering the land

of endless ideas


mostly chasing rainbows

in our endless dreams


mostly unaware

of who we are


and too afraid

to face our self


we hide behind others

when we can


and we lie so eagerly

when we can't


and truth becomes the enemy

as we perpetuate our little scams


we try to be

what others want us to be

to get what we want


often we try to be

what we want to be

to get what we want


want is the clue

and the lack is from

not being our self


which has become the unknown

which we fear


there is no escape from life

but we sure do try