let it be there

push it as you will

into was

but let it be

short of memory

presently perceived

even then

when is it real

synapses firing

when is it real

i wonder

what makes it

what we’re after

what substitute

will suffice

like a dream

or a drug

lying to oneself

going insane

are just as well

in some cases

who’s to say

otherwise

supplanting

their reality

for another’s

who’s to say

when it’s real