In the heat of an argument

In the heat of an argument, it can be difficult to assess 

what's real and what is not; how much of what we see 

is just reflection or projection from some other space or time,

and if we were to step (in all our confidence and pride)

onto what we thought was solid ground, 

how quickly we might sink into the sea of doubt, of wrong, 

of never-was -- and never-meant-to-say.