This Is Not Real Life

Well, here I am
On the wrong edge of paradise
Waiting to see
How my world falls apart!

Is this a dream?
How could this be real life? I’m
Spiralling out of this plain of existence!

If this is real life, why am I just a thought
In someone else’s reality I
Think about my life and I can’t distinguish
If i’m real, or if this is some hellscape or dream.

This is not real life
I know now that it’s true
And I am stuck in here without escape

What, oh what can I do?
To be human like you
Instead of this empty shell I inhabit
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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