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A Happy Hallucination

The Illusion of a Happy Ending

The truth is,in a dog -eat-dog world,
Fools find themselves the prey.

My past self, the one that saw the good.

Was burned to ash.

That innocent child , before all the hormones came into the picture,

Believed in the whole concept that goodness exists.

Now, I see that a happy ending is nothing more than a hallucination.

Only pleasant in the fleeting moments of instability.

I’ve watched the game of life,

Shattered into pieces of uncertainty, and mixed with self doubt.

Only then can I recreate a reflection of myself.

This new self, won’t tear apart.

It won’t break again.

It will no longer be called a fool,

For wanting good from everyone.

Like a past song, I was forgotten

And burned to ash.

Now, a different reflection looks back.

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It’s said that, to recognize your foe

You must open your eyes wide

When you look around then you’ll know

That the one’s who point your faults in life

Are the only one’s you will want to prove otherwise

Those are really the well wishers for your time

But Why?

Aren’t you already the worst critics to your own crimes

So the one’s you love and carry forward

Towards every future

Yet those are the one’s who don’t actually care

To say if you are there

And that your efforts are marked in bold along with underline

Recognized and needed as they are a part of your subconscious mind

Even when you have left the world behind

And the only opinion you recollect is theirs

Every single time

Then who must acknowledge you from your inside?