is that nothing's really real

- vm

i'm more afraid
of the darkness in my head
than
of those switched-off lights.

some things in life
are about as meaningful
as a pencil without lead.

- v.m

van gogh
ate something toxic
in hopes of becoming
happy;

while others
simply sit around
being sad.

- v.m

where most people
lack kindness
and where kind people
lack friends.

- where lying is the new truth
and orange is the new black.

- where people are taught
that in order to be loved
by their knight in shining armour,
they need to hate themselves first.

- in which we exist,
not for ourselves,
but for the sake of our fellow inhabitants.

we live in an amazing world -
but perhaps you can't see that
because of the people who hold you
trapped behind the bars of society.

- v.m