Without a single stipulation, alas, imagination, yields a simple stimulation, to the heart and mind and soul
In the shadows, ever standing, ever patient, understanding never bold or reprimanding, but a shelter from the cold
'Tis there I keep returning, to still a heart forever yearning, to soothe a soul within me burning, I easily drift away
So overwhelming this obsession, I fear with such regression, I'll slip away in my depression, and forever there I'll stay

In my search for truth I've stumbled, and my world beneath me crumbles, and a voice within me mumbles, that my eyes no longer see
So I ponder death, and reason, that a life no longer morrow, my soul detects I've borrowed, from some other dusk or dawn

But she comes not with my pleading, yet taunts me in my needing, leaves my soul alone, and bleeding, cold and empty as before
I curse her then, in anger, that she dare to be a stranger, to one who clearly names her, as the wretch that he implores
Still she yields no sign or token, that she hears the words I've spoken, and the silence goes unbroken, 'till again my anger grows
Damn thee and thy silence! I have seen thy work and violence! rid thee now thy own defiance! alas, thy mercy show

And with this, I wait explosion, from the power I have chosen, indeed, I think, imposing, on a source I deem unfair
Still the quiet never ceases, growing stronger as it reaches, to a hunger that increases, and I weep in my despair
Here, alas, my tears relieve me, and the anger slowly leaves me, nothing more can now deceive me, as I awaken from my dream
And I can see I've been protected, from the feelings I've neglected, all the truths that I've rejected, ringing clearer now it seems

For wisdom, now, has caught me, and it's truths have come to haunt me, with the tide the moon has taught me, build not thy castles in the sand
But it dampens my elation, to expose such revelations, should I not heed my inclinations?.. how measure thee a man?
Though I name it only dreaming, I'll forever go believing, 'tis this world I know I'm leaving, to another distant shore
Still I return in less confusion, to a world I find amusing, but I no longer feel I'm losing, once again, I can endure