Getting By

I talk to myself often

To let me know I'm sane and competent 

I remind myself of my intelligence and beauty

I tell myself I'm not crazy

I'm just getting by 

Getting by, surviving on lies I tell myself

My reality isn't yours or isn't 

Delusional and dysfunctional 

I adore only what I fabricate 

Tasting the sour and salty

I'm just getting by 

On whims and proposition and disregard 

I'm getting by 

On deception and guile and deceit
Invention, insecurity and falsity 

I'm just getting by, I'm getting by