Beneath this veneer of strength and flippant arrogance
Underneath the persona
Below the adamantium visage
My heart beats strong and true
Yet is marred with vicious rakings
Like a cancerous tumour swallowing my mind
Racing like speed, like the wind, like an electronic impulse behind my eyes
Supersonic, light speed, bending reality at will
Crashing like a drunk driver who gets behind the wheel
And takes all the passengers to their own broken grave
Shattered upon the rocks of reality
Drowning in knee deep water
As my mind disperses its fogged vision
And thus clear my eyes
I wake up to realise that I am not indestructible after all
And that alone I am weakest, and not at my greatest
That to walk this lonely world alone is the hardest journey of all
Not death, and its cold, harsh finality
For to live is the greatest adventure
The only challenge that is worth undertaking
To be crushed beneath the sandstorm, struggling for breath
But alive
And kicking
And venting your unrecognised suffering at the injustice of it all…
Bruised, cut and bleeding
But still fighting to survive
To take up arms against your woes and bitter parodies
And face the person in the mirror
And see only yourself, mirrored a million times over
In pale reflections of those who cross your path
And not only to see yourself
But to accept what your mind sees through your own eyes
Reflected back at you in your loved ones
And be released to their love
To be set free from your sceptic pain
Free from mind fuck games and pretending
Free to find yourself
And love yourself as you deserve
To love yourself as only you know how…
And perhaps find your love mirrored in the souls of others
And pay it forward
Lest we forget…
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