Day dreams

My eyes take a far away look,
This thought and that,
Take their form in my mind.

Suddenly I am soaring high up in ecstasy,
Everything good and beautiful,
Is mine for the taking.

But then this thought changes,
As suddenly as it came,
Bringing with it all the shame.

In the thought,
I'm a hopeless wretched bird,
Who's got nowhere to fly,
For there's no security anywhere.
The thought claws at me,
Like a hungry, angry panther,
But the good thing's that,
It's only a bad day dream.

Everytime I sit and look up,
And do nothing at all,
They creep on me, and attack,
I'm always lost in day dreams.