We are the guardians

            of our minds

            ourselves

            our  sanity-

            even as we pine

            here

           in this unforgiving place

           where we find ourselves-

           to loose ourselves.

           Yet some will not remember -

           how we came to be here

           in this unforgiving place

           where we find ourselves

           again-

           and those of us who choose

           to remember -

           cannot find any comfort

           in the things

           that should have been

           and yet we cannot forget

           how we came to be -

           in this place.