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SUSTENANCE I will let my imagination sustain me When night refuses to accept recession When sorrow clouds the moonless sky And stars die down out of depression I will let my imagination sustain me When icy winter extends her sway When frost strikes the hearts of men And turns them stone cold right away I will let my imagination sustain me When in my garden no flowers bloom When the parched earth runs out of love And when gaiety finds no room I will let my imagination sustain me  When melody is sought in war cries When there’s no music to lull the soul That resignedly toils to survive I will let my imagination sustain me When solitude pulls me in his embrace When I fall for him as we leisurely dance When I drown in his empty gaze I will let my imagination sustain me When the realities turn hostile When the only escape out of misery Is to fantasize and fake a smile I will let my imagination sustain me For as long as she lets me expend her For as long as she lets me consume her Till h...
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HOSTILE REALITIES In a world woven by others  - selfish strangers of sullied intents To bear silently their tortures And never complain, you are condemned Your life is yours to steer, they say Your choices yours to make In truth, a crime to claim control Liberties false; assurances fake A bed of roses they laid for you Yet you mustn’t grumble about the thorns For the bed of roses they’d take away But would leave you bruised and forlorn Everyone’s evil except everyone Virtue is relative, so is vice Investing trust is a gamble Life’s balanced on a roll of dice Lavish bills load up the hollows That privation of empathy made With money souls are bought and sold For money a million hearts betrayed