Caliginous Moments

Appearances are deceiving. Prison is not without, it's within. The open door is a hurdle; Freedom a sadistic joke. There are no knights; Just people living their own lives. There are no saints; Only those who wear costumes. There are no sinners; Just people struggling to survive. There is no safe place; You can always be found. There is no refuge; Existence is pain. Sanctuary is a mirage; Encouraged by hunters to calm their prey. Love is an illusion; Fanned to life by poets and romantics. Devotion is the thing of myth; The facade that is easiest to abandon. Loyalty is the fabric of story; The fabled stuff of heroe's and glory. Bravery is not the thing of soldiers and war; Courage rests with the helpless. Those trapped and unknown; Refusing to accept that merely breathing is failure.