Tempting taste of tranquility,
Promises of bliss
Seductive lies that pull me towards
All the joys I miss
Old memories wrapped in glory,
Imagination makes them shine
Time has smoothed away the roughness,
Erased the crooked lines
Images distorted,
Dancing through my head
I stop hoping for the future,
And yearn for past instead
The present loses merit,
Success becomes absurd,
I find relief and consolation
In recollections that are blurred
This wistful longing for what was
Strives to keep me blind,
Trapped within its depths,
A prisoner of my mind