Soak up this silence that hangs in the air.

Filled with emotion, it reeks of despair.

Clouded ideas of truth that deceive,

even the skeptics are forced to believe.

Veer from the path that leads to itself,

all you’ll discover is somebody else.

A victim of this magnetic force.

Lies and deception seep through their pores.

Harsh as it is, there is no fact.

Attempt if you wish, you’ll never extract,

What is real.

-Courtney Rose Battistelli