One Layer at a Time

Underneath that tiny lair of skin
That you love to hold yourself in
So warm and safe
Never too noisy or too perilous
Where you tuck in
When the world is windy
And unpredictable
You wish life was more
Like the endings
Where things are right
In the end
Hiding underneath the
Only armor you were ever given
It's still fragile
But it will do
Because acting is a guise
We can all use at some time
Maybe more than others
But then how would we know
When falsehood is a common good
We like to abuse
And it didn't cost a thing
Not even a penny
So the freedom we mistook
Buries us deeper
Into the devices
We create to see clearer
And the clearer it is
The more we know
And the more we know
The less we see
Seeing the scrapers
Peeling away at the reality
We once made
Hoping we forget
And continue to bury
Our heads
And if we don't comply
Well then there are other ways
To make us run and hide
Into layers of skin
Some deep
But more than not
Too thin to keep