Fake

Fake fighter . . .

Fake writer . . .

Fake fighter . . .

Fake writer . . .

Fake fighter . . .

Fake writer . . .

Fake fighter . . .

Fake writer . . .

Fake fighter . . .

Fake writer . . .

Fake fighter?

Fake writer?

. . . Fake fighter?!

. . . Fake writer?!

Fake . . .

Is it really all fake?

Is it too late 

To be real?

The dream doper . . .

The fake man

Who’s only plan 

Is to fake it until he makes it

But he hasn’t made it

All his confidence he had

   Is replaced

With feelings of being fake . . .

A fake fighter . . .

A fake writer . . .

Is it too late?

A fake fighter . . .

A fake writer . . .

A pretend person . . .

A character in a story . . .

No identity . . .

Only dreams and wishes 

Just a man made up of

Dreams and wishes

. . .

The curse of being a romantic

To hold on to hope until the last seconds of life

And even then

Even at the end

The romantic has hope

. . .

I don’t want to be fake. 

CH 1/25/25