JOKER

Are the ghosts of your past still haunting you? Are they preventing you to embrace your future?
Often we are so affected by our past that we are scared of our future. Some of us pretend to be happy hoping that if they would pretend long enough, they might actually become happy.

Time heals all, yes. But sometimes, to heal a wound you need to go through the pain of getting the stitches.

Do not be afraid of the pain. Not all pain is bad.

Whenever in life you wonder whether or not to take a chance, just close your eyes and imagine if the desired result is somehow obtained from that leap of faith, will the pain put in the effort be worth it?
If yes, then take a chance.

JOKER

Trapped within the mask of liberation
Unwary of his enslavement vile
Ceases to see through his mask
In circus for a long long while

"No more! no more! the show has ended.
Come home. Out of the mask, come.
Your skin ain't pale. No scarlet nose.
Your tent ain't your real home."

The joy of comfort, the notion of certainty
After one, the clock strikes two
Scared to see it any other way
Behind the mask, scared of new

Juggling fruits of past that lingers
Forgotten fruits that future may,
Sad joker in his happy mask
Unwary, juggles his life away.
-Mx