Sanity

My arms were full of colours though you only wanted grey, My eyes held forgotten nights, my lungs breathless day, I gave you swirling skies but you longed for only ground, I gave you sweet silence- though you waited still for sound, I held my arms out, singing the lilting song of rain, But afraid of being drenched, from listening you did abstain, I led you to timeless lands- you kept an eye on your watch, “Only an hour,” you said, as the decades played hopscotch. I showed you realms of gods, and their palaces divine, I gave you glimpses of galaxies, fiery stars and moonshine, But the more strange beauty I showed, the more I suddenly knew, You were just another meal, so bland with flavours few! Though you always spoke bloated sentences about work and time, Your thoughts were servants of Logic; such terribly sane grime! This is why I left you- when I realised one night, You were nothing but a shadow, or a moon reflecting light, Burning in your presence, I was infected with sanity, So I left, turned away before it could suffocate me.