Misread

Have I misread
The world again 
Battling unobservable trends
Yet never knowing when
To speak my mind
Or to hold a light
To the other side
 
Cut away all the outer veneer 
And see what’s underneath
How could there ever be a new way
To set your mind at ease
If we only know
What has come to show
For all we’ve done
The love we change into
A terror from which we run
 
But I’m learning as I’m going 
And picking up the slack
When I fall behind
Masterfully indifferent
But I bring myself back round
From time to time
 
Need some space
Between the states
We find ourselves
And the breaking of the dawn 
Is only another spell
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