Can you believe what is not in front of your eyes?

I tried once; I was taken for a ride

Down a road full of lost souls, dead ends,

And U-turns.

I was betrayed by my best friends

And befriended by those I thought I despised.

I ate conspiracies and radical theories for breakfast

And threw them up by dinner.

I was swallowed by lies, chewed up and spit back out

Onto the same broken road.

I walked barefoot in circles,

Aimlessly seeking forbidden truths.

I talked to empty faces,

Read books with blank pages

And by the end of my journey

I wasn’t sure I was alive.

Can you live life in the present?

I thought I could once;

I tried to fight the past,

Empty my mind of the future

But my thoughts succeeded me.

I was stuck in the rut of yesterday

And anxious for tomorrow.

But finally I suspended my sorrow

And did not care for tomorrow.

I lived in the present

For half a day.

But tomorrow I will follow the same routine as yesterday.

Can you live a life with no regrets?

I tried once.