Thoughts

Whoever considers their thoughts

To be sacrosanct 

Dwells in a delirium of self-indulgence 

and secondhand philosophy

No one lives beyond the scrutiny

Of their peers and the 

opprobrium of their enemies

Think what you will, 

wear your imagination like Merlin’s robe

You can’t escape your place between 

one step ahead and two steps behind 

where a shadow hovers just for you