The Chasm

 You come toward me cold and unsmiling

And dash the loose ends from my hands

Of the bonds that once tied and bound us

Severed by your gnawing demands

Things in our world get broken

That can’t be fixed or rearranged

And when we break our oaths and vows

A Chasm opens and we are estranged

Our ridiculous self importance unseats us,

Works against us

And what’s good and what’s right

Has us squabbling and harbouring resentments

When it’s only our own shadows we fight.