the world remains in a suspended state for this moment
a moment that takes me somewhere else
I am inside my head
inside a world where things make sense
and, for this moment, I am no longer here
I’m trying to focus, I swear
trying to work these things out
but, with every moment I think, I go back inside my head
back inside my worlds I created
worlds where heroes win
I am there for a while
and then I’m behind on life
my days here are numbered
I’ve made my peace with it
I am in my peak, my prime
I should savor these moments
I should treasure them
this moment, this single moment, can never be recreated
but I am inside my head
I am on the moon
I’m not coming down anytime soon
“stay here”
I’m pleading with myself
“stay here
there’s less time than yesterday”
I want to keep my head here
stay grounded
have enough gravity to keep my feet on the pavement
it is not enough to plead
I can’t get down
stay here
stay here
I need to stay here
moments with my dog can’t come again
I am in the open
I need to stay here, need to be aware
I am staring at my feet
I am somewhere else
I have a life
I need to live it
I can’t focus
I am living in some sort of oblivion
a space between what’s real and what isn’t
fact and fiction gets blurred
I am here but I’m not
stay here
I’ve got to stay here
seconds and minutes don’t repeat
I can’t go back to try again
I can panic, get myself stressed
I can go inside my head at pivotal moments because I’m too scared to face difficult conversations
scared and awkward enough to slip away
no one can drag me from my clouds
no one can shut out my stars
I am far away from here
in my own little world where everything makes sense
but I miss you
I miss us
I miss this world
stay here
I want to stay here
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