Illusion

Everything is a chimera

Mirages of what you want to believe

Your feelings mere reflections

Fantasies that you deceive

It doesn't matter if you love someone

It only matters if they think so

An illusion is better than reality

You don't have to admit what you don't want to know

The beheaded bloodbath of a floral boquete

A wilting image of beauty, your love to show

A meaningless sacrifice of the innocent

To love something is to let it grow

Nature creates perfect gardens with no effort

With great labor we create scars of beautification

When you try to make something yours, you destroy it

Control is a human abomination

When you have done your best

And the one you love says it doesn't show

When they say you hate them

And love is all that you know

When you feel their anger

And they say it is you that is mad

When they hurt you

Then say it's you that's bad

When they say you are yelling

and it's them you hear scream

When they say there is no hope

Then say you have no dream

When they say they can't trust you

Then they tell you a lie

When they say they love you

Then say they wish you would die

When you tell the truth you damage them

If you lie you hurt them more

If you do nothing you break their hearts

Whatever you do cuts them to the core

When all efforts result in destruction

And you see the world crumbling each day

When each effort worsens the condition

Like the picked flower, I'm just loving you away

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

The negatives that follow each of those "Whens" indicate either the speaker's tunnel vision or the other's self absorption. Whatever the case may be, I don't see this relationship lasting.

[Soren]

Thank you John for reviewing and responding to this piece. The point in the piece is that nothing in this world lasts, it's all on loan. our vision of things is ours alone and may be equated to a mirage or illusion.