our dreams are ephemeral
an elusive blur
defenseless without [bad word] by indifference

adrift and asleep
unconscious to transgression 
the noise of the world
the thief of what once defined

oceans of [bad word] rings round our eyes 
awake enough to realize 
we’re tethered to the world

adrift and asleep
unconscious to transgression
the noise of the world
the thief of what once defined us