THE REALLY AWFUL REALITY OF ILLUSION

Theme: The illusionof reality – set by side view.

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What, then, is reality?

Reality is what you see?

Or, translated into word,

It becomes what you have heard?

No! When you have grown more wise

You will not believe your eyes,

And in ears, too, learn you must,

That you cannot place your trust.

Magic tricks are all around,

Lying speeches, too, abound ... 

What about the sense of smell?

No, you can’t trust that, as well;

Possum’s decomposing stink

Does not mean he’s dead, I think,

For it is a possum’s way

To ‘die’ to live another day!

In what’s real, the only fit

Is what you have made of it,

So, if it is real to you

That will simply have to do.

But it doesn’t mean to say

It is real in every way ...

Thus, the only thing that’s real

Is illusion, don’t you feel?

© October 2012 Colonialist (Noble Endeavours Indeed)