#fake or real#

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Written for : Reena’s Xploration Challenge #283

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how does it work
how do we know
if all that we see
is fake or real 🙃

masters we’ve become
at deceiving ourselves
later asking why and how 🙄😁

adorning a smile
clad in confusion
listening intently
to absolutely nothing 🥴

gowned in glamour
decked in darkness
walking down paths
to absolutely nowhere 🤭

blaming reality
we make excuses
faking reality
we deny the truth 🙃

and then a moment
and we realize
simple actions
still create joy
wonderful words
bring a smile 😊
a shattered heart
does still beat 💙
a broken soul
can still breathe 🌹
still we ask
fake or real

in all of this,
what is true and
who’s the fraud… 😉

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Reena writes : We have a single word prompt after a long time, and the word is

FRAUD
Write whatever the word brings to mind.