Oblivious

So much of my life, I spent being lost
Walking in circles, scratching dates off

There was always music playing, I heard
I danced to the beat, ignoring the words

It’s as if I were sheltered from intense emotion
There was no extreme.  I just had to keep going

I was living oblivious to passion and pain
Beneath an umbrella, Avoiding the rain

I mixed and mingled.  Got lost in the crowd
There wasn’t a chaperone, to call me out

Could nobody tell?  Did nobody see?
I had no soul, inside of me

An empty vessel with a smile of paint
It wasn’t true life.  I was only a fake

When I finally awoke from my generous slumber
I saw everything clear, perfect detail, in numbers

I saw the clock for the first time, really
I kid you not, though, it may sound silly 

Things were so scary and different from before
I saw the end coming, but yearned for much more

I wish I could return to my former self
Armed with knowledge from a higher shelf

So I’d have a heads up, for what was to come
To soften the sound of life’s wake up drum

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