you speak of our glasslike eyes and pinhole camera

accustomisation to an uncomfortable blue

revelation wrought by men greater than we

tribulation brought by men greater than we

accusation sought by men greater than we

monkeys leading blind man to

false idolatry and shrines to the living

an addiction to the past and the future

leading on a chain of fools shackled to the devil they know

they shy away from a cross that beckons

reaper of a path not followed and never returned

if cogitation

else adjuration

your desperation

calls to the heart of steel and wool

the centre of a deliberate universe

the darkness without the light

conjuring the gatekeeper to a journey misunderstood

you speak of clarity

yet fail to fall

when the sea calls you home