The mind is not a kindly place,
there the devils always wear my face
and the maybe-fey with claws out chase
their lovers over graveyard plots.
Don’t wander off the road, they said,
so I leave breadcrumbs in my stead,
wind through the pathways in my head,
to chase down wayward thoughts.
Will-o-wisp whims float on through,
to draw me from the road into
my foolish fancies about you
I take from ...