HE WANDERS THROUGH THE HALLS
AND DONS A BLANK EXPRESSION
LIKE WALL PAPER PEELING
OR A BUTTON COME UNFASTENED
HE DOESN'T FIGHT (FIGHT)
NOT A SINGLE DROP OF ANGST
HES LONG SINCE ACCEPTED THIS
AND GROWN TO KNOW HIS PLACE
NOW LOOKING CLOSELY AT THE CONTRAST
THERES SOMETHING OUT OF PLACE
HED GATHER ALL HIS REFERENCES
IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTEMPLATE
BUT THAT WHICH ELUDES HIM
IS NOTHING TOO PROFOUND
HES SIMPLY SEEKING TO DISTINGUISH
OR SINGLE OUT A SOUND
WHERE ALL IS SILENT (SILENT)
YET ONLY IN HIS MIND
STRUGGLE DOES THE CATCH
ONCE TANGLED IN THE LINE
AND ALL IS SILENT (SILENT)
HES DEALING WITH IT FINE
HES FILTERING THE NOISE
AND THAT'S A GIFT THAT'S COME WITH TIME
OVERWHELMED AND UNDER ESTIMATED
NOT SO LONG AGO
HIS HANDS IN THE AIR
HE WOULD CHOOSE A SEPARATE ROAD
THOUGH DIMINUTIVE IN NATURE
EFFECTIVE WAS THE PATH
HED SEEK TO GO UNNOTICED
JUST A SPECKLE ON THE GLASS
WITH PROGRESS COMES A RUMBLING
DISCOMFORTING AND GREAT
A SOUND THAT NEVER CEASES
LIKE RIPPLES ON THE LAKE
THE MOTIONS COME CONSTANT (CONSTANT)
AND STRAINING ON THE MIND
THAT'S WHY MOST OF THEM
HAVE FOUND A WAY
TO IGNORE THIS DAILY GRIND…