State Of Mind

Many went to the shimmering land of make-believe
 and ventured the farthest corners of the mindscape
 Merely testing the ice, I never went too far from the safe and solid ground
 Afraid of the darkness I might find (underneath)
 Exploring the mind to escape from your daily lives,
 where you become the head of a state in a state of mind
 All links to reality fading
 Pandora's box lies waiting
 Instead of the roof of the world it becomes a nightmare
 We expect perpetual motion, a chain effects
 The newfound land out to be a grain of sand (ever volatile)
 Searching the edge of consciousness for insights in the outside world
 Well conceived, but such rules only apply in this state of mind
 The key lies in knowledge, temperance
 No magical answers or escapes from reality,
 but a marvellous break for a visitor passing through