Perhaps

Perhaps it is naivety  
Better yet, selfish ignorance  
Nevertheless, reliable as sunrise  
Hindsight serves to enlighten  
   
History imparts many lessons  
For those keen enough to learn from it  
I for one, am not among those enlightened few
   
I dance within the embrace    
lost in a mirage of life's wicked fate  
constantly doubting my place  
In this world?  
Or of this world?  
I barely know where my shadow goes  
   
Today, tomorrow, yesterday  
Their difference is lost on me  
Yet, In my deference I mistakenly think I am free