Willful Oblivion

World:

Keep me far from sorrow that sails on a sea of pain and suffering.

Keep me far from the valley where disappointment mingles with failed plans and tarnished dreams.

Keep me far from the mountain where struggle meets with striving and I lose the ability to know comfort like honeyed bitterness.

Keep me far from reality, drug me with lies, and in deceptions entrench me, so I can feel like things are satisfactory.

Keep feeding this nefarious hunger with food the reeks of the monster I malevolently ignore.

Keep me hidden in my “truth” where I can die willfully oblivious to the disease I created.

Writer:

Just remember willful oblivion leads to death.