If I could reach as far As sight can see, or maybe less Away near a distant star And fade into the darkness No longer judged, approved Beyond the strain of this Of all that I would miss With everything removed And ponder nothing more As stars glitter and shine Feelings of heart and mind Abandon thoughts galore An emptiness instead Void of the burdens in my head Lacking the fear and dread Floating and falling to forget Forgotten like an infant scar And its memory, past tense And nothing left to mar Returning to essence To the distant, the remote, the far