The Internal Debate
Brain: I’m stranded on this giant place,
Sanity: a tiny island in the sea.
Brain: Beautiful and full of light,
Sanity: yet filled with dark and endless dreams.
Brain: It’s uninhabited by any race,
Sanity: yet filled with sounds that call to me:
a wind that whispers, soft and sweet,
and savage waves that menace me.
Brain: And so I ask, my sanity,
that you do not abandon me,
to walk amidst the standing trees-
Sanity: that dance and laugh within the breeze.
Brain: Avoid the wind.
Sanity: It’s sweet.
Brain: I know, but all it brings is fear and woe.
It’ll lead you up the cliffs-
Sanity: so high-
Brain: and throw you from those cliffs to die.
And most of all, avoid the waves,
Sanity: who offer peace and love today,
Brain: they’ll drag you down, to death unbound,
Sanity: and give me restful peace, no sounds.
Brain: For the memories of those I loved,
Sanity: kisses, laughter, children, hugs,
Brain: are in your hands to keep so snug.
And if you leave, they will go to
and leave me broken,
Sanity: hopeless,
Brain: doomed.
Cause the more I look,
the more I see,
just how funny things like this can be:
I do not know if you love me,
Sanity: I
Brain: don’t know if you’re my enemy,
Sanity: don’t
Brain: and so I ask and so I plead,
please tell me so I’ll
Sanity: know.
Brain: You see?