Empirical Hindsight

Reality strays far from our fictitious fantasies.

Clearcut happy endings are just true travesties.

Life simply doesn't pan out like some extravagant fable

and this realization often makes us unstable.

The dreams we held as children and grew up with

are left alone as our foolish wishes.

The man meant to be the great hero

lives with a monotonous office job: a total zero.

The damsel in distress waiting for her prince

lays with hopes forgotten long since.

The underdogs that aim to make change

becomes the newest additions to the firing range.

We live in a world where villainy is the norm.

Life is a never ending thunderstorm.

We get lost in the stories we hold dear

while we find ourselves riddled with fear.

Quickly, quicker we run from reality

and turn to escapism, you see?

Not that its wrong to try and achieve

or that you should not believe

just know that real life is not some tall tale

or else you will ultimately fail.

Know that this cruel and gritty world is our life

and it is full of an abundance of strife.

Real life is hard.

We often find ourselves left scarred.

This is not some magical fairy tale where everything falls into place.

We have to fight hard and not lose face.

We must keep these separate

and be dead set

on overcoming what life has beset.

With this, our own lives can surpass those of the grandest stories.