Escape

It takes courage to recognize what you are
Is not what you wanted to become
And what you have is not what you sought for
And what you tolerate is more than you should
And what you do is less than you could

So you escape
Into a reality that is not your own
Into borrowed freedom
Where you can be whatever you chose
A place where you set the stage
And write the script
And play the part
And say your lines
And break the hearts

A temporary place
Where only you know you best
Where when you cry “East”
You know it is “West”
That place in your mind
Where you can do no wrong
That familiar place where you know all the songs
-because you wrote them
That creative space
Between your two ears
That place that can replace
Your tears with cheers.

You escape,
If only for one moment,
To your inner thoughts, hopes and dreams