Holiday

The window pane is a picture frame

A still life in motion

Every day you say is like the rain

Filling up the ocean

It's all the same, but I can't complain

I don't want to cause a commotion

But I need a change before I go insane

Because I'm breaking down like erosion

Let's take a holiday

Pack your bags, we'll leave today

Don't know how long we'll stay

But I've got to get away, got to get away, get away

Got to get away, got to get away, get away now!

Step out the door, seen it all before

Today looks like yesterday

It comes back to me so suddenly

Like a bullet ricochet

The cold concrete beneath my feet

Is bringing me down

When the starless sky comes out at night

I need to get out of this town

Let's take a holiday

Pack your bags, we'll leave today

Don't know how long we'll stay

But I've got to get away, got to get away, get away

Got to get away, got to get away, get away now!

Restless again at two am

Trying to dream

Myself away to another place

Where everything is as it seems

All you see is make believe 

Whatever makes you feel

Something other than the sadness

But that's just part of the deal

Let's take a holiday

Pack your bags, we'll leave today

Don't know how long we'll stay

But I've got to get away, got to get away, get away

Got to get away, got to get away, get away now!

© 2021 Zach Sands, PhD