Play Pretend

Is it just me,
Playing pretend,
As though,
Everything fine,
When nothing is.

Or do we all do it?
As though,
It comes naturally.
Second nature,
That is,
To our being.

Or is it,
Just a selective few who do it?
Capable of compartmentalizing,
Separating one thing
From the other.
Within seconds,
Almost as though,
Certain things never happened.

At some point,
We all do it
In our lives.

A game of fantasy,
Each of us the star
In our own movie.
Each of us playing a role…

Question is,
What role do you play?
And at which point?