When the Calm Comes In

When you look around inside the house The furniture goes missing instantly Appliances disappear all by themselves Utensils go elsewhere, some place different And what about the dishes? Perhaps the mystery must thicken first When your pictures fade away And ships drift into oblivion with silverware Colors on your walls crawl out the window Gone forever with the floors you once walked upon Maybe you should leave it all behind before you cry What was once a home is now an empty house An empty shell within, without itself What happened to the packages and letters? Was the delivery person delayed forever? Perhaps it’s time to read between the lines The post office was stolen in the night Boxes were lost or locked up by cops The city shut down, especially downtown Maybe we should sleep or call the boss When you go be sure to drive a car Vehicles these days run on dreams and gasoline Turn off the lights before you leave the city Leave the door ajar in case the burglars weren't finished Who knows what waits around the bend of time Around the corner of the mind at sleep It runs deeper than you think When the calm comes in so do the criminals Take care. Most likely there is nothing there