thoughts

my mental hopscotch leaves me confused and bruised,
emotionally frazzled by my very own thoughts.
how do I escape to those far off lands;
the places that will leave me in a state of grace-
far removed from this morose space?

My heart tends to wander to the places of pain
why won't it take flight to the Elysian Fields-
where the ghost of our past gently help us to heal?
why do we linger in the domain of strife
when what we want most is to achieve happiness in life?