labors and misconceptions

I visualized a strong perception
it was locked in with the keeper
the glass timing of the whole mechanism
drawn to make it fall apart
and all that's left, in smoky ruin
is what we've got behind
and forget that, that wasted decade
of forgetfulness, of full promise
but short excuses of wasted days
we've left you as the cornerstone
don't leave me now, you'll leave
they know because they say they do
and so it goes and things are left
off and never to be completed
because they know and because they felt
it was right