Sometimes I Lie

by Alice Feeney

A lot of people would think I have a dream job, but nightmares are dreams too.

I can play all the parts life has cast me in, I know all my lines; I’ve been rehearsing for a very long time.

People are not mirrors—they don’t see you how you see yourself.

She’s completely alone in life but never lonely.

I’ve been returned to my factory settings as a human being, rather than a human doing.

We are all made of flesh and stars, but we all become dust in the end. Best to shine while you can.

She inhales the admiration and breathes out arrogance, her own bespoke photosynthesis.

Life is more terrifying than death in my experience.

Stars cannot shine without darkness,

Grief is only ever yours and so is guilt. It’s not something you can share.

Fear of the unknown is always greater than fear of the familiar.

People think that good and bad are opposites but they’re wrong, they’re just a mirror image of each other in broken glass.