Sometimes it is easier to pacify
Yourself by repeating in your head a lie
When the truth is too painful to face
And you know you are stuck in a bad place
Rationalizing the lie that things are good
Is the only way that you know you would
Be able to cope- so you try to trick your mind
Into believing the lie, hoping you would find
Some peace as you raise your hands in resignation
Your learned helplessness lets you cope with the situation…
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You learn to live with the lie, but you walk on thin ice
A slight nudge, an insinuation can suffice
To uncover the truth, uncomfortable
This time your self-spoken lies are unable
To trick you away from reality indeed
To break away from the lie is what you need..
Finally you summon the courage to do
What you were actually supposed to!
Passion...unbridled 