Lucidity Remains

by Amber Adamets

I’m not scared of the silence

Just the truth that it tells

How I’m the real reason I’ll be lonely in hell

I feel nothing but broken

And the loneliness drains

I miss the confusion

--Yet lucidity remains

They say what you don’t know won’t hurt you

I dare not disagree

Outside the fire I may see the real

When I’m really just missing the heat

Overanalyzed life, over-examined love

If only innocence could return

I could be who I was

Because the games aren’t so childish

I would even participate

‘Cuz I’ve left love’s playground

Too far behind

And I can only reminisce today

So I sit in perpetual silence

My ears ringing with its shouts

I may be able to see the real

But I really see all I’m without