My Illusion

This is all about secrets and lies and truths and the emotions that come with it.

 

Memories, So many memories, But memories aren't always a good thing, You can have memories of the bad times, Memories stuck in your head, Memories that won't come out, Memories of the lies and the hurt, Memories of death and destruction, Memories of everything bad in the world, Memories of the truth. The truth. That's not always a good thing either, The truth could hurt or even kill, I mean what's better: a truth that makes someone cry and unhappy for the rest of their life, Or one little lie, That makes everything all better, That makes someone forget, Forget about all of the death and everything bad that goes on in the world, That makes everyone forget about the illusion, An illusion. I guess I'm living an illusion, An illusion that helps me forget all the hurt in my life, All the betrayal, all the hurt, all the truth. And even now when I sit here and tell you what I really feel, And you act like you care, I can't help but think, that that's an illusion, That you don't care at all, you just want to be a better person, I guess everything an illusion, The world we live in, The people we know, The emotions we feel, Me, You, Everything we know is all just an illusion, and we can never see what's real, No one can.

 

Reviews

[Gary H]

Some very good points and in the style this is written it's a fast read. I guess this line - 'I guess everything an illusion' is missing an 'is'? Everything else is very good though.
Liked the movement between memories, truths and illusions, notably they are all mixed up in our heads regardless of whether we want them to be or not!
Enjoyed this.

[NCPanthersgurl]

Very well written. The flow is a little choppy, but not to the point of destroying the read. And it speaks truthful words. Nice job =]

[Legacy]

Good Day OrAnGe SmArTiEs,

Very interesting write -

Illusion: very powerful word, a conception which holds a few tricks within itself.

Let me ask - With every illusion, does this not require an observer who is Naive?

"I mean what's better: a truth that makes someone cry and unhappy for the rest of their life,
Or one little lie,"... Truth is nothing less-than'conformity to reality' a 'piece of information about a certain circumstance that exists or events that have occurred'.

Little White Lie: (make things all better) (Makes someone forget) in most cases I would have to agree with you "most of us misuse/abuse this 'term'... If used in a proper fashion - to be 'tactful and/or polite it would lessen the hurt (not avoid it) lessen the imprint it will leave (not scar for life).

"And even now when I sit here and tell you what I really feel,
And you act like you care; I can't help but think, that that's an illusion,
That you don't care at all, you just want to be a better person,"

I won't proclaim for a minute we don't pretend to make another feel better (for countless reasons) selfish I agree is high on the list. There are an ever growing number of us who (believe it or not) looks beyond 'Who They Are'. Is this in order to make them selves feel better? Or to help them grow through the understanding of others?

Much Thanks for the write...

Appreciated reading this...

Please if you get a chance, drop by and view 'Know Who You Are' under my writes...

Have a Wonderful Day.

Legacy

[Arlene Fleisher]

Well done! I enjoyed reading this one! Keep it up!

[BrightEyes]

you delve into the gray area so well here....is it sometimes better to lie than to spout out the truth? If the lie saves hurt...and causes no further harm. A question for philosophers and ethics studiers I suppose...one that each person can only answer themselves. If life is my illusion...one would think my creative mind could come up with something better than what I've got though lol. This did bring to mind a movie I saw once (or maybe a book I read) about us all being characters in a writer's story...very creative piece which raises some good questions.

laura

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

You are so right on in this piece... sometimes people tell a lie so many times they actually believe it themselves... in the end everyone get hurt including the person telling it.

[THERISA]

Your opening of the poem, with the description of the numbrous truths is dead on. Sadly, some of us are living with the sad reality of having these truths flash before us on a nightly basis. Often in a horrific manner of flashbacks and night terrors, which haunt our dreams and waking moments. As the previous reviews have mentioned, your poem moves a fast and stead clip. Hard to believe such maturity, in someone, so young. Great job.

[Fantasyfairy]

Hey baby girl. Not much to say about this, you know how I feel about this poem. One of my most favourites EVER!!! You make me sooooooo proud to be your mummy, I am so lucky to have 3 beautiful and clever girls. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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[Marie]

This was really good. Liked it.

[Aire]

Our truest lives are when we are in our dreams awake.

Thats a quote from someone, but I think its true.