What does the man do when the whole world collapses?
There was a foundation, now gone
Sure and sturdy it was, unmovable and firm
Now nothing more than vapour
For years it had been built upon
Room by room, brick upon brick
With the slab covered by builder's guarantee
He took care with every extension
But was it just imagined? Was it ever really there?
His own wishful thinking made flesh?
Or piece by piece, day by day was that flesh eaten away
Until the world was left on dirt
So now he is holding up the walls, fighting the shifting sands
That fight all that is left
"My house still stands", he screams to any who would hear
"For how long?", he keeps to himself
Those who could be holding up the walls, inside and out
Are now the demolition contractors
"It is far too late to stop", they say
And they make plans for the fall
So all alone, he watches the walls come crashing down
The house once loved, now despised
Crocodile tears shed for the demise of that grand old place
And the remains of the one who would not leave
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