The All Fake Life

everything is made up with fake
since the things you see all are fakes  
it’s pitiful, but i myself even seem to be a fake one

if i, wandering around in a maze, is not i
then my mother who gave birth to and raised me,  
also is a fake. 
it can’t be possible. 
it’s illogical. 
this chaotic world totally confuses me
   
mother is the only hope we have in this “all fake” world,
the only truth that we have on this earth. 
it’s unthinkable considering mother’s fake, 
it’s an insult to mother the most precious name of all        

there must be a good reason i must have  
to come to this ridiculous thought—mother also is a fake,
because of the smile of ones who make money 
exploiting others’ agony and sufferings shining in the sunlight

those fake ones, all boozed up under the moonlight,
castrate a pig skillfully manipulating a knife 
that gleams in the stale air under pale moonlight
    
and the fake ones live solely for their own merit
stroll their way wearing a sash with a beautiful phrase 
‘love thy neighbor’   

since no one can exist without others
or there are no others without me, the fake ones 
may be telling the truth; 
the fake ones, what’s so important about saving face? 
why don’t you live as you are…
oh, what a ridiculous world we live in
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Makama Avatar
October 30, 2015 at 7:35 AM
This is lovely and great! I miss your work my dear poet. Refreshing... so refreshing!!
Ben Avatar
October 30, 2015 at 11:42 AM
Thank you for visiting and the good words.
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