Reality's illusion

Do we see what we see?
Or only what we wanna see?
Are our surroundings real?
Or are we lost in perpetual dreams?
Reality or illusion?

Holding in my hand a rose
A black, soft rose
Am i holding just one, or a million
The rose I seem to see
Is not the same one as you do
Different angle, different one?
Or the same one remains in every view?

Lost in our minds...
Or clearly observing reality?
What is reality anyways?
No way we can be certain...

We remember as we are told
As we were taught that "floor" is "floor"
And so with the rest of concepts we observe
Never stop to analyze
That maybe "floor" can mean "time"
Changing any word or meaning
May make us collapse

We just stick to what we know as reality
Based on abstract knowledge
We just seem to memorize...
Yet we never ask why...