Remove The Façade Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Sometimes that 'top',
Some boastfully announce...
They can reach with a seeking,
To look down upon others...
As their egos sit on peaks.
Has more to do with who approves,
To continue listening to hear...
Such empty and hollow echos repeated,
From those who believe a leaving behind...
Fools they have made has been achieved.

'Okay boys...
We've been given the sign to remove the façade.'

~I thought the background,
Of that scenery was fixed.
It was promised to me if I followed directives,
I would obtain success without questioning it.~

'You have.
In fact,
We kept you blinded by it.
And the ones you disrespected,
Paid us to equip...
Everything they perceived you needed,
To keep you believing of this.
However...
Delusions like yours are expensive.
Requiring payment you could not deliver.
Remove the façade, boys.'
And there left to stand in the shadows of defeat,
Is another one hushed...
By selfish perceptions a feeding on an ego leaves.

~It was promised to me if I followed directives,
I would obtain success without questioning it.~
Echos from the depths,
Of one sitting on humiliated devastation.
To be felt and left alone...
Questioning what they've condoned.