work in progress: with open eyes

your ambitions run on technicolor dreams
but in high definition, enveloped by the scene
overdose on oxygen and dopamine
unaware that your head is resting underneath 
the dullest guillotine

with open eyes
it’s harder than it seems
to take all you’ve ever believed
and find every fabrication
with open eyes
it’s easier to misunderstand
wants don’t always equal haves
never owed an explanation