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Permanence is an illusion we all love to feed and entertain

We give it form, meaning and names

And in our denial we distract the truth collectively

The unnameable…the ultimate…

The terror lives in me 

This fear I can't escape 

But I should face 

This fate I can't change 

 

It keeps me up at night 

The awareness of the end 

Should I embrace the darkness ahead?

All these fabrications, every single thing we use to escape

Make who we are…or so we think

Bittersweet's the flavor of existential delight

Have it as much as you can, it's all you'll ever have

Don't let the illusion fool your senses

Completely out of control, your emotions get the best of you

It's the fear you lock inside buffered by your self-esteem

Anxiety…need and pain…

Oh, please death come at (at last) once and rid me of them!