Happiness is a mystery
I've pondered for so long.
Never truly reached nor found,
Struggling to be strong.
Sanity is a far off goal,
Always out of reach.
A trying part, a work of art,
A skill you cannot teach.
Amidst the shadows and farewells,
Your voice, to me it calls
Beyond this white, beyond these straps
And chains and padded walls.
Outside the prison of my mind
Though against my will
Is all the world I've left behind
Up here I'm with you still
Despite the paranoia
That cuts me to the core
I long to run and dance and sing
I know there must be more
Beyond this room, beyond this place
Out there somewhere you roam
No! I must escape from here
This is not my home.
