Emotions forms a harbored knife, that penetrates the heart

Inebriation dulls its edge – but not to kill it’s dart.

 

We drink, we smoke, we sublimate – to crucify sensation,

How blindly we find ways to change our mood – for recreation.

 

“Love is the only answer”, so the flower children say –

But what of learning how to love the feel of every day?

 

We sell our souls, to numb our hearts, avoiding pain (and pleasure)

Complacency becomes our goal – such nothingness we treasure.

 

How foolishly we run from life – and leave the truth behind,

In desperate search of happiness – we’ve lost our peace of mind.

 

~ Sandi Burton