No Man's Land

Enter the wilderness, keep all feelings

safe from harm, disarm the core,

guilt stripped to its basics, sound

laid down into silence, connect with

inner peace, nothing as good as this.

Beyond, world hurtles through chaos

daily life tortuous and utterly unforgiving,

escalators repeatedly offloading polished

executives, fresh with each new day,

inwardly raging at stolen moments, delays.

As the cars stack up at traffic lights,

skeletal pale faces stare at communicators

looking for an answer, a key to unlock

the mental maze, beehives of activity

exacerbated by their employers' greed.

Your thoughts vaguely reflect this malais

as you lie entranced by newly-discovered

self, held above this tortured planet

just for a moment, in the wilderness,

safe from harm, connect with bliss.

JRTF

27/08/14