Sonnet 5

I want to close my eyes and vanish, flee

to Nowhereland- there I will find nothing

at all. No thoughts, nor light, nor stimuli

infect my precious Nowhereland. I wring

and thrash against my earthly binding chains,

but they grasp tightly at me. As I try

to run, my scream for Nowhereland sustains

and echoes all around. I must defy

the torturous powers telling me to stay

outside of Nowhereland, the only home

that I have never known. And yet I feel

I’m lost and left here in this world, alone.

My ideal Nowhereland, you must be strong;

for I’ll reach you so soon, I’ll stay so long.