gone

 
holding tight to sanity, I feel it slipping away
tender moments of madness, make me fear
my monsters are nicer than people
they make me laugh and I slip sideways into their world
they're never too busy to talk

amusing phantoms they entertain
telling me secrets of the universes
I'm amazed left with more questions
until I delve too deeply and I'm drawn in
lost in their world
my friends disappear

reality bends then alters
my thoughts warp
everything looks different
and I wander deeper in still

errant in deed and vision
my dreams sweep me away
into the sweet abyss
I float on delerium
who holds me dear

sanatoriium's embrace, I feel so numb
a little racous laughter and I'm gone