To Leave, To Escape

Wrote this in 10 minutes, so it might not be finished yet.

There is no escape

From this dreadful place,

And you know as well as I...

That when we're done

With this maddening journey,

We find that it's all been a lie.

Who rides among

The flying tigers,

The bears that run the trapeze?

In the center of the ring,
They know not a thing,

And certainly none such as these.