Self Deception

Sometimes, strange as it may seem;
our perception of reality will stray;
almost as though we live in a dream;
the real truth, like a mist, fades away.

Self deception is the opiate of thought;
it totally alters all our psychology;
we each rationalize it is, what ought;
and we don’t even need pharmacology.

Our deepest desires become our purpose;
for it is only ourselves that we serve;
all our nobility hides neath the surface;
since its only what we think we deserve.

Those around us; formerly our friends;
try their best to reach us through reason;
oft thru their efforts; our friendship ends;
and we become enemies for a season.

For we’re sinking in the quicksand of thought;
reality, for us, has strangely been skewed;
till suddenly we realize things that ought;
and the truth within us; then renewed.

We seriously believed in what we thought;
there existed no evil within;
by passions and other emotions, caught;
we knew not where to begin.

We have all known a friend, self deceived;
who was twisted and confused as could be;
and I, for one, was extremely relieved;
when the self deceived friend was not me.