March 1, 2016

PRETENSE

Pretense: so what’s so wrong with pretense?

Sometimes we have to fake it - to make it -

through the moment - through the interview -

to get past the question we were not expecting.

Sometimes pretense, posing, acting, hiding

behind a façade gives us time to interview

ourselves - to get at questions we never asked.

Sometimes we're so hurt or so surprised or we're feeling so stupid or so lonely that pretending gets us at least to the edge of a bridge or door. 

Sometimes pretense gives us time to sort out

our best deep down thinking and praying, so

as to figure out our best self - our best answer.

Pretense: so what’s so wrong with pretense?

 Andy Costello, Reflections 2016