Although I’m wide awake, yet still I fall
as if in some dark dream I am confined
I find myself oblivious to it all
I’m often trapped inside the lines that gall
or words that hold my conscience in a bind
Although I’m wide awake, yet still I fall
When all about me plaintive seabirds call
and billows roll above the ocean brine
I find myself oblivious to it all
I face the rain, my back against the wall
and march my feet toward the battle line
Although I’m wide awake, yet still I fall
Through deserts of the heart I slowly crawl
to reach the cool oasis of the vine
I find myself oblivious to it all
I sadly took my eye from off the ball
and failed to see the final warning sign
I find myself oblivious to it all
Although I’m wide awake, yet still I fall
Steve Wheeler © 29 March, 2022
