The Illusions They Adore

The past never really goes away

It just hides for a while until another day

Like the love in a child needing you to stay

All you can do is simply pray,

Been so long since I had any touch

I believe my thoughts have become my crutch

Not much consolation as such

With reality you have to keep in touch,

Recalling places, and people in your life no more

A tear on your cheek as you stare offshore

The powers of perception just open that door

You’ll find it’s the illusions that they adore,

Passed out laying on the floor

Is this what their lives are for?

An early warning they’re rotten to the core

Telling the truth is a regrettable chore,

Bought a ticket for a voyage across the sea

Hoping it just might set me free

A maiden cruise with all of my reverie

The Titanic slipped below the surface suddenly,

Routine training mission over Chicken Shoals

Proper navigation the flight leader’s goal

As a dive bomber the TBM Avenger’s role

Our instruments failed and we were in a black hole!

A blinding beam of light on my windshield

My engine died alongside a deserted field

When I looked into the sky a disk was revealed

Suddenly I realized that my fate was sealed.