the escape (artist)

close your eyes
before the blindfold
keep your wrists together
for the knot
and hold your breath
to go under

(the trick is
you have to do it to yourself)

where you go
it's dark and wet
it's cold and enclosed
and it's the closest thing
to what you want

(the illusion is
self-empowerment)

seconds
float up to the surface
disappearing into thin air
silence
betrays your sense of time
for heaven may be a big place
but hell is just a moment
you can't move from

(the magic is
self-defeat)

the world has to wait
before you re-appear
it has to fear the worst
and want what it fears
the world must not want you back
it must lose you
think you are gone
before you can return

(the truth is)
under the blindfold
you're closing your eyes

(the truth is)
between the knots
you're opening your wrists

(the truth is)
you're holding your breath
simply because
you don't know when
you're coming back up