The Games of Thrones We Play With Ourselves

Darkness slips into every life. But it is upto us to allow it to slip *into* us. Except for lives marred with extreme deprivation and choicelessness, each one of us has the power to give direction to our destinies.   Mystery enters our lives after determinations.   But if we die every day, there is only so much of a safety net life can provide us. Death wishes are not looked upon kindly by the universe. Be pessimistic but not fatalistic. Dire predictions are subliminal messages which find their truths in unexpected ways. Hence the adage "Don't talk about it, if you don't want it to come true."   Relationships are a strange configuration of entanglement provided by nature. They have to be anchored and shored and propped and protected on a daily basis. 'Giving up' is a germ which multiplies prodigiously. Just as every thought is not a truth, neither is every feeling a finality.   The problem with us is that we take our own internal conversations too seriously. We are wrong, very often wrong. But consider our feelings to be repositories of final truths. We scarcely realize it but the biggest bane of our lives is is the lazy and prescriptive nature of our hearts and minds.   The very moment we realize that every morning is new, and in a thousand ways, new as a new beginning for relationships, for life, for decisions, we would have repurposed our lives into something which comes alive with the crack of dawn, and repurposed into something precious.   If you liked this poem, consider listening to these other poems on life's vicissitudes adn life's trajectories -  - Where We Start & Where We End - Marriage Made Me a Philosopher - Naked, My Love Subscribe to my newsletter 'The Uncuts' Follow me on Instagram at @sunilgivesup. Get in touch with me on uncutpoetrynow@gmail.com   *The details of the music used in this episode are as follows -* *This World Instrumental by Sascha Ende* *Link:* https://filmmusic.io/en/song/this-world-instrumental *Licence:  https://filmmusic.io/standard-license*