I thought I knew……..

I thought the world was what I saw,

I smelt the bonds of life in awe;

I felt the tugs of warmth from all,

And relished dancing in the ball.

In awesome terms did life lay bare,

And reveled in the beauty care;

But then I shrank as I did grasp,

the eccentricity of the multitude.

And lo just then the truth divulged,

They only knew to chastise;

I marveled but also despised,

How they would rev up, contrive;

Not one, oh, none could derive,

essence of love, humane divine

All that they do, I summarize,

Deprive, survive, disguise, devised!

This shattered me so callously;

As I did gape at their malice

If this is what the world beholds

A life of solitude, sans delude

Is what I wish, a safe seclude!!