THE TRUTH

There is a great conspiracy

to hide from you the truth,

to keep you blind,

unaware as long as they can;

Your parents are part of it,

your grandparents too,

and uncles and aunts and teachers

and all the rest, except

the crazy and bitter few.

You will find it out one day,

and then you can't escape it;

it will haunt your days and

torment your nights,

it will make the world different,

a bleak charade,

and leave a hole in your soul.

It's a simple thing,

a devastating truth,

not much and enough to rip

your universe to shreads.

It's just this:

Life really sucks

and the longer it goes,

the worse it becomes:

Your hopes will turn into disappointments,

your dreams will end up in the gutter,

all your illusions of yourself shredded,

all you grab from the world

will leave a sour taste

and turn out to be petty things,

less than nothing,

the day you reach the cul-de-sac

and the truth

pushes the serrated blade

through your guts.

16.09.2019