Illusion of Ignorant Bliss

Thought I’d endured the darkest of nights

Until your unpredictable flight

As if love was forever blinded from my sight

Feel like I’ll crash from this thousand-foot height,

Seems like time escapes me everyday

This decrepit life since you’ve gone away

Don’t think I’ll ever ask anyone to ever stay

Seems there’s less and less time to pray,

Living alone is like death in itself

Like some spoiled condiment left on a shelf

Do you ever realize what you did to yourself?

This is more than I’d wish upon anyone else,

Glass houses from which to cast stones

Leaving so many lovers alone

All the hypocrisy that evil have shown

A cold wind seems to chill my bones,

Somehow life escapes our control

Broken relationships take their toll

Flight 19 lost near Chicken Sholes

Deprived of happiness, what is your goal?

I never intended to end up on this road

All the minefields upon which I’ve strolled

The loss of love such a heavy load

God’s plan seems bought and sold,

Those misgivings about growing old

All the bear traps that suddenly unfold

Worst is the abandonment that went unforetold

I never needed that sacrificial calf’s gold,

Strange how we learn to adapt and co-exist

Unaware of a spouse’s secret tryst

Living under the illusion of ignorant bliss

It seems only the blind will continue to persist.