A Moment

United with shackles
facing sunlight
discovering day
released for a moment
only to be
swallowed again

Smoke rising
and filling the lungs
to satisfy a moment

No one is told
but no one feels
the way I do right now

Christmas spice
is everything nice
and the eardrums receive
the vibration of something alive

It'd be nice to hear
but I never hear
the carols being sung outside

It'd be nice to hear
but all I hear
is the sound of the clock on the wall

Shattered to hell
but all is well
in the mind of this madman.