Perfect Sadness

I see the world falling apart around me,

as if on a burning ship at sea.

I live in a world of increasingly crazed people,

taking insanity as the status quo.

I know better, and it breaks my heart.

What can I say that would make any difference?

I don’t know…slaved by the status quo.

But I know, if I die in the gutter, at least,

I die free.