Their Velvet Facade

My mom says there’s two sides to a person; the polished facade and what that facade is meant to cover. I’m barely 23 years old and I’ve just witnessed unholy, wretched deceit and such flawless duplicity that I thought no human could pull of so artistically and perfectly. Believe me; you think you know a person, but frankly all that you are actually witnessing and perceiving is their facade. The ‘thing’ that covers all that evilness, loathing and selfish greed that lies beneath that beautiful velvet covering. These days you cannot assume anything and being naive and too generous is just going to lead you to a dead end where you feel like you’ve been wrongfully degraded in an unjustifiable manner. I’m not at all trying to kill your mood here, but we all truly, deep inside know that evil walks amongst us. There is almost always, a selfish motive behind what seems like a generous, selfless gesture.

The good in all this is however, that when we have that moment of revelation where you see beyond the facade, you tend to appreciate every warning, precautionary notification that you’ve been given before. You think and thought your loved one’s have some unreasonable control-issue when they continue to warn you day in and day out but then reality hits in and that’s when you know you’ve been blind all along. The problem is most of us don’t have that 6th sense or that saintly instinct that helps us distinguish evil from the good. Most of the time it’s almost too far down the road and when you look back and attempt to retrace your steps, all your foot prints are covered in dried up, dead, withered leaves and dust. But NOT every time.

Dear Mom and my soul mate. This post is a dedication to both of you and your saintly instinct that is spot on every single time. Both of you are my guardian angels. I would give up my life for the both of you, just like you would make impossible journeys to set me on the path that leads me to my haven. I wish every single child like me, is bestowed with similar blessings that guards them, protects them and warns them of dangers lurking beneath every beautiful velvet facade. I am lucky and I am also blessed.

God bless.

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