Reality vs. Fantasy

I'd like to be in a world far away
Where life means more than today
Gold buys a whore in a moment
For pleasure taken by the throat it
Bleeds us all dry
And whatever we try
Death grips hold and won't let go
My only wish is to have a sure
Understanding
Comprehending
Life as it was meant to be
Love as it is given free

On a different shore
In reality or lore
Might there be
A depth unseen
Of which we can take hold
And in brazen lie are told
That it is not tangible
And never manageable
By those who are held at arms length
We weren't meant to have its strength
Lent to our own hearts
To bring love to a start

But death
And dismay
Is our breath
This day
Now and forevermore
Life is tallied and it gives its score
To our accomplishments
Not embellishments

We are told in the end
Life was not lent
For a moment of pleasure
But we were to have treasured
Each second and day
As one given away
As a gift
Not to have been sifted
Until it passed by and blew away
As chaff in wind does not stay

I see what's here
The sadness so dear
Is kept close
and life seems frozen
In time
The lines
Are blurred
Hearts cease being stirred
Satisfaction of sin
So prevalent within
Gives birth to death
The start of grief

I long for a place
Where love is a grace
Freely given
Never striven
To be had
Not a momentary fad
Of random people
Had without complications of steeple
Isn't love deep?
Should it make us weep?
Or should we laugh in its presence
And be whole in every sense
Of the word
Is there a world
Where we can be whole
Run like a foal,
Free of cares,
Crying no tears
Of sadness or grief
Losing nothing to the midnight thief
Who seeks to kill and destroy
Love and peace leaving worry
And an emptiness inside
That we cannot hide
Behind our eyes
As we gaze into the light

And so I dwell
A victim of a living hell
In which there is no rest
No love, laughter, nothing best
I have a fantasy
I have forever longed to see
In reality
Without all brevity
That surrounds
Every mound
Of refuse I have
Called life without verve

I dwell inside
My mind
Right now
Lying low
Out of sight
Of the dismal blight
Of the eyes of reality
Of the hatred of society
As I break the flow
And seek to show
A way
Today
That is more
Than a lore
Not on a different shore
But had in a rainfall pour
For all who desire more
Both now and forevermore

My imagination creates
Depth of a world which hates
Superficiality
Mere frivolity
And seeks to give
Friendship free
Not striven
Not had with a lease
It offers beauty of light
Mystery of dark
Not death as a common plight
Nor hate as a start
But it offers peace
As we rest on knees
Head in hands
A calm in heart
Our worry ends
Sadness has no part
In this fantasy
I long to see
As my reality
Holding me down by gravity
By weight
I wait
For this peace
For this love
For this breath
Of fresh air from above

So I long
For a pure song
To sing to all
When they start to fall
Of a place
Where grace
And freedom dwell
Without having a sale
Of something less for a moment
That brings with it a stone
That causes man to fall
Into a hole called hell
Or life as we know it