Gaslighting Reality
Reality gaslights.
It cuts, bends,
romanticizes the wound,
sharpens the scream
until it fits a frame,
a screen,
my feed.I live in a lying painting.
Cheated by a poem.
I feel emotions
staged by lyrics
of a made-up song,
like a true crime scene
meant to be suffered,
not solved.Who needs purity in reality,
when precision performs better?Feed me the fake thing,
bold enough
to aim for the open wound,
find the most fragile nerve
and press.This lie
is the kind
you don’t mind
wrestling with
until it hurts
exactly
as designed.
©2026 Samia Oldman
WHAT IS HUSH HALO?
Hush Halo is a dystopian sci-fi poetry collection set in a near-future shaped by technology, silence, and optimized perfection. Each poem is paired with a unique soundscape created by poet, in Suno. Learn more in Square One.
Context: After the Great Optimization, a privileged group integrated into the system, believing they had now perfected themselves.
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Well, I have to admit. Those long sessions pay off for you. Excellent work here.
I love this line, “feed me the fake thing,” - thank you for sharing