Reality is an Assassin

For the longest time
we made believe.
Constructing truth from lies.

Until all that remained
was our belief
that we were actually real.

Nothing false can ever stand.
Reality is an assassin.
We turned the green light
upon ourselves
with fingers firmly pressed.

We fired at will to destroy the truth
and learned the true meaning of hate.

When the noise stopped
and the gallows burned
we reminisced the lie.