Disillusionment

I have folded back my eyes
And eloped with my ears.
I have welcomed humanity as a gift
And accepted the daily news as the word of God.
I have gasped the death-defying gasp,
Awakening from sleep, forsaking my dreams.
How hard we fight to live!
And yet, how easy it is to simply be.
Someone, or something, is playing a trick on us.
This is what we tell ourselves,
Knowing full well that it is we ourselves
Who are the tricksters.