The Illusion of Control
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So the stretch of selfishness knows no distance
once triggered,
can one lose sight of what they've always wanted?
I accept I am not on your shoulders.
Grabbing him, slapping him senseless
"Look at what you had". Different dimensions,
forgiving the averted from the importance
of not judging with question,
only in this moment!
Seems like the majority these days need to be told,
values and morals lost.
No doubt it's "always" been.
Hence why thy assumption is not to promise without
at least some substance,
and yet, this fellow man had this. No excuses then.
With all I deal with I have trouble on
knowing how he can sleep at night.
Disastrous abrupt self awareness occurs
...What am I doing?
Am I propping myself up to appear from her corner of her eye
to the center of her attention?
Oh how "one" can forget themselves in an instant,
smitten, I laugh
Those days are long gone
...though fairytales can still be enjoyable.
No matter how one feels pain,
there is no right and wrong on any shoulders...
Only perception
Copyright © Lee Norton | Year Posted 2023
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