Oh, To Live on the Moon

To swallow my pride

Is to swallow a rusty nail

The rules I must abide

Put me in a windowless cell

My brain imprisoned by shackles

My heart captivated by chains

The man in the corner cackles

Freedom quarantined, speech detained

My soul yearns to be freed from this penitentiary

Screaming and wailing inside

Searching for its karmic destiny

But my true path has been denied

Wish I could fly far from my prison

My spirit belongs to the stars

Behind tired eyes I envision

Embracing with wonderment, the beauty of Mars

The physical is not my home

This realm is not my fate

Born feeling it deep in my bones

I isolate and alienate

Because I’m so far from my home

I dream in shades of indigo

And seas of lavender crystal light

Sea sick with nauseating vertigo

Blinding me of my third sight

So I travel down the lonely road

Into the darkest of night

Where on Earth I feel I most belong

The moon and stars I see

Singing their siren song,

“Come away with me,”

“One day, my friend,”

I whisper to anyone who will listen

When this nightmare finally ends

And I travel the sea to the cosmos that glistens...