I lie…
Down with myself in the darkness
Unable to decipher the meaning of my life.
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I lie…
To myself just as I always have,
Pretending to be something I am not.
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I lie…
To others by hiding behind a mask and a smile,
Showing them what they want to see not who I am.
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I lie…
Everytime I deny my dreams their breath
Leaving them to choke in the pool of my mind.
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Is stifling our hopes and dreams truly living,
Making the unsatisfying our lifes work?
Were we not born to rise to our own vision of greatness
Not for financial gain alone, but for our God given passions sake?
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I lie…
But I am trying to bury my fears,
Trying to live the dreams that I was born to realize.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Dom DiFrancesco 
Excellent!
Thank you very much.
Sometimes it’s hard to keep daring to dream
That is very true. We tend to let disappointments squash our dreams even when we know that we shouldn’t. I know that it is something I work to overcome daily.
A lovely expression of the truth about the many ways we lie to ourselves. This speaks to me of the quintessential tug of war between our ego mind and our hearts. I get it. Thank you.
Thank you for you comment, I sincerely appreciate it. I would agree that it is a tug of war between ego and heart, a very difficult thing to overcome.
Sometimes the “truth” is too cruel. Sometimes the lies we tell ourselves are the medicine we need to survive. And … aren’t our dreams as much a part of us as our day-to-day reality? Never give in … never give up … never!
I believe that being ourselves and never relinquishing our dreams is the key being fulfilled in this finite life. “Never give in…never give up…never!” is the motto that we all should try to live. This doesn’t mean that there won’t be ups and downs, but the downs should be viewed as simple stumbling blocks on our way to realizing our dreams. Thanks Jen, you clearly got what I was trying to convey. :)
:)
Channel your inner Churchill. Or Jack Sparrow… Your choice. ;)
Such a hard choice, I like both of them very much…let me think about it. :)
Arrrrr! I mean… Wise plan … Indeed! ;)
Well shiver me timbers!…Indeed! This could go on and on couldn’t it. :)
;)
But I am trying to bury my fears,
Trying to live the dreams that I was born to realize…… a feather like touch poem
beautiful – very smooth and delicate one
with regards
Thank you very much, kindest regards to you my friend.