incomprehension

if in your journey you find time to pause
you may not recognise your halting place
nor understand the reason nor the cause

of all the terrors that have subdued laws
instead you blame them on the wrong embrace
if in your journey you find time to pause

the vision is through solid wood not gauze
and so we may not see our own disgrace
nor understand the reason nor the cause

all that we are say you is wrongs and flaws
you would our presence from this world efface
if in your journey you find time to pause

your greatest fear is ending in guffaws
not to hear the the loud and booming chase
nor understand the reason nor the cause

grief so unsettling that it wins applause
you may not understand an open face
if your journey you find time to pause
nor understand the reason nor the cause