Honesty, Love, Simplify

Fri, 05/11/2018 - 22:51 -- Jjben18

My biggest con 

Is my life.

Or is it how 

I've perceived myself 

to be? 

 

You see

it is not the fault

of my friends

to have been

so foolish. 

 

Or is it 

the fault of 

myself for being 

too collaborate? 

 

Life does not allow 

one to take off 

that everlasting mask 

that you see. 

It becomes 

you. 

 

Or am I 

just conforming to 

the mask 

that I've put 

on myself? 

 

My muse 

is also 

my enemy. 

 

Blossoming with ecstasy

and tragedy 

equivalent to 

yin and yang. 

 

It is the evil 

that shall rise in memory 

but the good 

that will have 

the everlasting effect 

so great 

it may steer you

off your path. 

 

It is the evil 

that will cause you 

to conform to normalcy. 

Your eyes 

are masters 

of trickery 

but 

you’re mind 

will turn you 

into the mule.

 

 

Life is nothing 

but a 

downward spiral

leading to 

the wormhole 

of tragedy. 

 

We live

eat

and swear

into a life 

filled with stress 

only to 

better those

after us. 

 

Some

do it for 

their wealth 

while others

for knowledge. 

 

Life is

not good nor

is it bad

it is complicated. 

The conditions

are insignificant. 

But 

we must strive 

for 

simplicity.

 

A life 

filled with 

expectations

leading to 

correlations 

will twist

one's morality. 

Those expectations

lead to 

one's tragedy

and failures. 

Expectations 

are 

the bridge to 

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insanity. 

 

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This poem is about: 
Me
Our world

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