blessed maruku are the obsolete no? 010521 ... Freak blessed are thee who can laugh at themselves for they will never cease to be amused. 020727 ... FauxGrr They say I should be grateful, that fortune smiles upon me. "Look at your life," they insist, "filled with abundance and possibility." Friends envy what appears golden from the outside, And family celebrates what seems like success unfolding. Yet beneath this veneer of blessings and good fortune, A different reality unfolds within the landscape of my mind. My thoughts spiral into shadowed corners they cannot see, Creating wounds invisible to those who only observe the surface. They praise what gleams in sunlight While I battle storms they'll never witness. The contrast between their perception and my experience Creates a loneliness deeper than they could comprehend. If only they could glimpse behind the curtain, To witness how my mind betrays what seems so blessed, Perhaps then they'd understand that appearances Can mask the deepest struggles we endure. 250321 what's it to you? who go blather from