i saw a crane in a cage craning its neck at the sky, 

staring through the bars at clouds floating by-N

Scraps off their tables, crumbs on the floor,
Blinded by parables you knock on the serpents' door,
Champing at the bit, grave in a reptilian pit,
They branded you a slave and you thanked 'em for it
-N

you ran onto the proverbial sword
what have you done outliving your gods - N

I was crowded in the corner at the farthest end of far,
Caging in memories of a future past the bars-N

the road that brought you here is dragging you back,
the light you thought was near is fading to black-N

Was it paradise lost or paradise found
did you buy safety with 6 feet of ground
tipping eyes with false impressions
wearing faces with borrowed expressions
the road that brought you here is dragging you back,
the light you thought was near is fading to black-N

the nectar that nurtures burns to poison,
the sweeping silence of laughter forgotten,
the soaring spirit returns as stone,
the things you loved you left alone-N