Paper Thin

If I knew how close

How desperately close

These walls caved in on me

That were paper thin

I would break out

Yet, I find myself

Swimming in a dream

Of my own self creation

A world onto itself

Where every thought and ideal

Every emotion and intuition

Every tripwire

Knocks me back to sleep

Before stirring awake

The onlookers take to their clipboards

Noting my reactions

To myself

The data at this point

Has to be immeasurable

Enough to fill and overlaod

Even the the most advanced of

Super computers

One hundred times over

If only I knew how close

How desperately close

These walls caved in on me

That were paper thin

I would have never swallowed

That miraculous pill

And yet, I find this fantasy

Rather captivating