There is a lot to be said about someone who is carefree because so many people like to make a habit out of putting pressure on their own fate. I believe that many of us, myself included, don't like to face the reality of our lives as much as we should. We either think we deserve everything or nothing. We suppress the bad and don't accept the good. This poem is a response to that fact.
This Is How We Deceive Ourselves
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We love to lie to ourselves
To pretend that mistakes don’t happen
To say that responsibility is a suggestion
That failure is obsolete
We procrastinate,
Tricked by the impossibility of having more time
Fooled by the allusion of future productivity
We tell ourselves we're made to selflessly help others
To listen, to understand, to comfort
And yet we throw away their pain in exchange for our own
This is when we become resentful
Of each other and ourselves
Deception is the inability to accept the truth
We use metaphors to mask our feelings when emotions are too raw
This is when we say exposure is damning
That continuous fear is the only thing that will keep you safe
This is when irrationality becomes toxic
Next we refuse to consider our blessings
Refuse to entertain the thought that things will get better
We convince ourselves that no one will listen
So we refuse to ask for help
Refuse to dream
Refuse to have faith.
Now we are left to boil in what remains
Irresponsibility and denial
Fear and hopelessness
Unbelief
This is how we deceive ourselves
