Carry pain along with you.
And see the magic!
Self-deception is far away from you.

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Lying to your self is the worst form of discrimination,
It blackens your soul whole without procrastination!

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How I was living the blues sans a clue;
The whole existence was a mere pretense,
Never out of the woods dreary dense;
A silver line twinkled in the starcrossed sky,
A tryst with my Love and Life before I die;
May be just a shimmer in the maze of the mind,
A self deceiving mirth eating into the vitals unkind!

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Self-Deception for Self-Protection.

I didn't want to lose my ability to trust.
So, my heart labelled your betrayal as
The consequence of something I planned.

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Love doesn't count anymore
It's a world of pretence
And You are the Ruler
Beloved...

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Like a veil you lay on me..
Not just..
but ENVELOPE my persona as a whole..

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Money is an accelerant. It doesn't change me but it removes my mascara and enables people to see the real me. The onus is on me to get wisdom and not play catchup with my best version by living in selfdeception till money ultimately reveals the real me.

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Not acknowledging the Reality
And putting up a show of Happiness..
is self deceive and self sabotaging.

STOP!

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(The Pit of) Self-deception
(A Double Reverse Tanka)

When the whole world deceives you;
For its ends, misuses you,
Your turn immortal;
They sink into the dark pit
(They may know it not),
Of their deep-rotten spirit
With sheer self-deception fraught,
They are doomed for ev'r:
They just can't, ergo, perceive—
Themselves don't believe.

//Thought for the Day//

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Energywise, I am redirecting my energy more wisely.
I am not working anymore with any other element.

Focuswise, I am focusing my focus more precisely.
At last, having realized that the rest is irrelevant.

✌

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