Brief

The perimeter is marked
The bounds are set
But the question asked
Who will be content?

It must be strange
To think where you couldn't go
While told to go here
Who are letting their emotions show?

A minute has passed
And you still need the key
Before the fire engulfs
(Before the cold consumes)
Who remains to proceed

The basis of your life
All your woes and your strife
Is cutting like a knife
Who cares of your plight?

Staring straight ahead
Not looking up or down
While the sky is raining fire
Who dares to made a sound?

Producing, Consuming, Destroying
Soon the place is lost
Soon never to remember
Who will count the cost?

But the sun is shining
I see your smiling eyes
There is no need to worry
Who needs to question why?

The room is spinning
The ink is running out
The light is ebbing
Who will show me out?

A zillion stars and one you
Looking for impurities, you fall
One chance is left
Who can you call?

Five stutter at a drop
Papers litter your thoughts, our core
I paint in your affections
A golden lily washes upon the shore

I'll give a fourth of my heart to you
Just for a deposit
When the lines run together
I'll seal the deal with their ineptitude.