Nature of Divergence

The instant the world halts at the sharp sting of truth

A truth, hidden in the dark crevices of doubt and fear

Nursed by trepidation and a series of unfortunate circumstances

Blossoms into pain and a void, longing for fulfillment, with an impossible level of quenchability

A perpetual craving for success to give life its worth

Enough. Being enough

An unattainable cruel hope to create a legacy

Transform wild fantasies to reality regardless of the sacrifice

Humanity quakes at the contrasting purpose for worthiness 

Falters and Faith Givers lure sanguine souls 

The scintillating light kindling within their minds thrusts forward, past doubt

Imperceptible strategies and mental meringue separates the pack

Those who are always being watched and yet, never being seen

Enacting minute moves while under constant scrutiny 

Standards soar sky-high as the margin of error wears thin

Despised by contented simpletons, Ridiculed by the vicious green-eyed monster

Gold paved paths of youth mutate into a maze of wicked, winding cobblestone roads and back alleys

Doe-eyed adolescents evolve into corrupt, vengeful adults

Aspiration equals goals equals expectations

Mind vs. Matter, Us vs. Them. Everyone vs. you

Driven by fear and an urge to control the outliner,

Satisfaction suffers under the wings of a hate-filled man

Decisions bred by envy and trauma, executed by feeble souls

Spawn backstabbing betrayal; Result in loneliness.

All deriving from an intangible quality 

Bestowed upon since birth

Within our mental makeup; Wholly helpless

A choice presents itself; Wield it or Deny it

An asset, a burden

Maturity or childlike jubilation 

Gift or curse

The Nature of Divergence is in the mind of the beholder

And to the beholder, it belongs