Sanity

Is sanity a gift or foe? 
I wonder at its campaign 
To inflict confusion. 
Maybe madness is my friend.
Will it block the pain 
And edge out the fear,  
Yet crush the inevitable 
Normality enemy? 
Accustomed to intense 
It holds me in its stare 
Grips me in its wilderness 
And yet I feel safe.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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