Colony

Step right in, into my quarantine
Where thoughts I cannot trace
Have formed a colony
Repaint, remodel, recast, and revise
Rework every meaning in my mind

Someone said
If only what we hope
Could become what we know
Just as surely as we grow old

Every promise is a prophecy
But nothing's guaranteed
And my silence
Has not protected me

Step right in, into my quarantine
Where thoughts I cannot trace
Have formed a colony
Repaint, remodel, recast, and revise
Rework every meaning in my mind

Someone said
If only what we borrow
Could become what we own
Just because we say so

The contagion is airborne
We know what's inside
And it burns
The future's a dreamscape
We know what we've lost
And it burns

Every promise is a prophecy but nothing's guaranteed
And my silence has not protected me

No sanctuary