Delusion: Slipping into Darkness

Joyce Parker-Hyde
The descent into madness has to be - well, maddening.

The utter aloneness of creating evil thoughts can- over time, begins to manifest into an undeniable truth- in the recesses of your mind.

Your carefully constructed perceptions begin to share space with the reality where you are an inhabitant of planet Earth-with other people.

As you continue to bring out more and more of the poisoned ugliness of the truth that you believe about yourself and who you really are that you have struggled so valiantly over the years to keep buried deep inside. You begin to project all of that onto any innocent who happens into your space. All the while, painting pretty pictures of normalcy and joy to distract the curious gaze of any who wander into your world.

But, see, the thing about life; the stark reality of the world happens the way it knows how to happen and you have no control over the reality that keeps happening while you are spinning faster and faster - trying to spackle over the cracks in the walls of the world you thought was fine.

There is a way to break out of delusion. It is very, very simple yet equally as hard.

The magic words are:

Truth is Beauty

Beauty is Truth

At the precise convergence of looking truthfully into the core of who you really are- you can replace every ugly thought with truth.

Beauty follows.

Published by Joyce Parker-Hyde

I am a lover of words. They tumble out of my mouth like a waterfall ceaselessly falling down the side of a cliff.  View profile

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  • Joyce Parker-Hyde11/28/2007

    Thank you both-I don't know where those words come from they just kind of roll out onto the page.

  • A.M. Morgan11/28/2007

    Very insightful. My favorite line is, "At the precise convergence of looking truthfully into the core of who you really are- you can replace every ugly thought with truth".

  • James11/1/2007

    Congratulations Joyce!

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