Open your eyes

it's time

to go down

the rabbit hole

with empty pockets

a broken compass

and a pair

of blank dice

Take the red pill

or the blue pill

It doesn't matter

They're both

placebos

Let that

sink in

as you taste

the bitter venom

they were

gracious enough

to waste

as we eagerly

stirred it in

took a big sip

chased it

with a dumb look

on our face

Uncontrolled emotions

Are now growing

like a volcano

overflowing

The Magma burns

deep into

our fragile skin

as it rages

No key to this cage

we woke up to

and found ourselves

trapped in

The charade

was highly orchestrated

Wake up

They played us

We were too ignorant

to realize

we were blinded

and misguided

All they did

was lie to us

and we let

our emotions

continue

to be the only thing

left inside of

to guide us

And guess what

at the end of the day

it always ends up

the same damn way

Half cocked gun

itchy trigger finger

Sitting there

between

our own two hands

but we're too afraid

to take aim

so we join them all

in their masquerade

It's our own fault

we mistake sarcasm

for kindness

We are subliminally

programmed

to be silenced

frozen in our lifetime

emotionally

denying it

Our minds are

forever stuck

in perpetual motion

While our bodies

are still going

through the motions

They're stoking that fire

and when they

finally hand us

a hose

filled

with a few drops of water

to control it

What do we do

We watch it burn

as it all unfolds

on the six o'clock news

By the time the clock

strikes midnight

we're too tired

to realize

that our whole lives

were wasted

filled with nothing

but bullshit

force fed to us

as we did nothing

but smile

and enjoy

the taste of it

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