I'm alright, it's okay.

I'll be fine, anyway.

No need to take time from your busy day.

I alone can keep the demons at bay.

But, would a flock of geese

notice if one of their own was not at peace?

And if indeed they did...

...would they help? or keep it hid?

In the jaws of victory, alas,

I have found nothing but defeat.

I will retreat

back to the recesses

of my own ethereal world

where my imagination caresses

my withering soul.