Eye of the Mountain
Poetry · By Tommy Bielskis · 1 min read · March 13, 2026
Alive in a Fantasy
Examines fantasy as an orientation toward unavailable life that preserves intensity while spreading deadness through the present. What feels alive in imagination can become a way of refusing contact with what actually exists.
“My life suffocates
Planting seeds of hate
I’ve loved, turned to hate
Trapped far beyond my fate
I give
You take
This life that I forsake
Been cheated of my youth
You turned this lie to truth”
- James, Harvester of Sorrow
Rejecting reality and
Lying to yourself,
Choosing fantasy and
Gaslighting everyone else,
Punishing people who don’t choose your fantasy,
Expanding through control over collective delusion,
Narcissism creates a fake display of strength and growth.
Reality always catches up.
There is no other world to burn.