The Game

poem by: E.J. Waling
Written on Mar 24, 2026

The game.
Youth,
unfamiliar.
Unfamiliar
with the
rules.
Rules
of the
game.
No book
to read.
Explain.
Trial/
error.
Mistakes
along
the way.
Face
value
acceptance.
Complexity
unaware.
Stumbles.
Bruises.
Scars.
Scares.
Inside and
out.
Long
road
rocky.
Bends,
switchbacks.
Roadblocks.
Deception.
Lies.
Charlatans
along
the way.
Long
way
seasoned.
Songs of
Sirens
misleading.
Hard lessons
learned.
Time
created.
Clear eyed
realist.
Studies
never ending.
Much to
know.
learned.
Laidback.
Distance
kept.
Trust.
Abandoned.
Reality,
never
what it
seemed.

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Roxanne Dubarry commented on Mar 29, 2026 at 4:50am

"Reality. never what it seemed." We all have lessons to learn in our lives. Why not reach out to another person who feels abandoned, and betrayed in life? There is so very much that you have to teach them and so very much that all of us, including myself need to be willing and able to learn.

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