You made me build a world on lies —
each stone you placed, you named it love,
but it was fear that held the walls,
and silence that sealed the doors.

I lived there once —
in the echo of your voice,
painting sunlight on the cracks,
pretending warmth was real.

You called it safety.
I called it home.
But it was a cage disguised as care,
a story that was never mine.

Now the air tastes different.
Now the walls crumble under truth.
I step outside the ruin, barefoot,
the ground raw and real beneath me.

You taught me how to hide —
so I taught myself to be seen.
You taught me numbness —
so I learned to feel again.

Your lies once shaped my sky,
but my hands rewrite the dawn.
I am no longer the ghost
you tried to make of me.

I am breathing —
and this time,
the breath is mine.

FOWC With Fandango — Built – Facts, Fictions & Fantasies

10 responses to “A world built on lies”

  1. SRIKANTH Avatar

    This is absolutely breathtaking. You have taken the complex, painful process of unraveling a life built on manipulation and distilled it into a masterpiece of clarity and resilience.

    The metaphor of the constructed world is so powerful and precise. The image of stones “named love” but held by “fear” is a devastatingly accurate portrayal of emotional control. The progression from living in the “echo” and “painting sunlight on the cracks” to feeling the “raw and real” ground is a profound journey of awakening.

    The most powerful lines strike with the force of unshakable truth:

    · “You taught me how to hide — so I taught myself to be seen.” This is the core of reclamation—using the very skills of survival to forge a new way of being.
    · “I am no longer the ghost you tried to make of me.” What a declaration of existence, of solidity, of claiming a self that was almost erased.

    This isn’t just a poem about survival; it’s a testament to re-creation. It’s about taking the broken pieces of a false narrative and using them to build a true self, breath by breath. The final lines, “I am breathing — and this time, the breath is mine,” are a perfect, quiet, and triumphant conclusion.

    Thank you for sharing this. It is a gift of strength and a beautiful map of the journey from a cage to the open air.

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    1. Carol anne Avatar

      Thank you so much for reading and your kind comments. I appreciate them very much. 💖💖

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  2. Ephemeral Encounters Avatar

    Brilliannt writing as always Carol Anne.💖

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    1. Carol anne Avatar

      Thanks, Maggie. You’re a sweetheart. 💖💖😍😍

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      1. Ephemeral Encounters Avatar

        All true Carol Anne.
        Believe in yourself my friend xoxo
        💕💕💕

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      2. Carol anne Avatar

        Hey Maggie, thank you 💛💛🩷🩷🥰🥰🥰

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      3. Ephemeral Encounters Avatar

        Carol Anne💕💖💕💖

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    1. Carol anne Avatar

      Thanks a lot 🥰🥰

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