End Zone Ulterior Solitude
Tender silence fascinates And lead the one who hates Unto a realm of dreams- Debris of a once grand, Magnificent shrine And when the dusk descends The sight will turn divine Semislumber less of pain Heed and learn, Morpheus Domain Up to highness, down to deeps Now envy him who sleeps, Insomnia slaves! A lavish sopor- vast scape, Ulterior solitude, Imaginary drape Desireful plenitude Utmost fields, Paths concealed, The pageantry reachless to logic Slight echoes of breathing dying in the air Through mist enwreathing Oddly coming scenes: Joy and fright, Godly and obscene- Inner human flight Nightly theatrical visions: True revelation or hoax? Knowledge to fade at dawn? Lies of someone to coax? Floating as the daylight creeps From out of spooky trips, From out of dream Mournful is the way back, Mournful but quick To where the regnant rack Is odious and sick