Withdrawing

I’m retreating from the present

Afraid of being rendered into a peasant

I remember fondly being an adolescent

Is seems the world has gotten rather unpleasant,

Forgive me if I overstayed

You see even though I’ve prayed

It seems my rescue has been delayed

The heat is brutal in the shade,

I’m withdrawing from present reality

It seems to be interfering with my destiny

My Dear, I pity your fragility

Forgive the intrusion of my humility,

As though living in a bad movie

Fentanyl overdoes are not groovy

It’s all the lies that make me a bit moody

Can’t rely on whatever the facts prove to be,

The lies revolve as the world turns

Even betrayal leaves third degree burns

You must be careful more than ever on how you discern

The insanity you witness will make your stomach churn,

The only oasis exists within your numbed mind

Though they might force you to sign on the dotted line

The conformists who are unable to find

Alienated  to critical thought or anything of the kind.