Illusions are too slippery when you have a firm grasp of painful reality. wish i could live with my head in the clouds and believe the dreams..

Oh sweet illusion
Don't fail me now
I need to breathe
I just don't know how

^^ the last two lines are just crazy relatable..need oxygen to make a heart beat...but if a heart explodes, what's the point?

Oh sweet illusion
Just one more shot
Make my heart believe
What my head can not

^^ like i said earlier..firm grasps of reality are painful. heads and hearts make war unto one another far too often.

Oh sweet illusion
Whisper me her name
Let me slip away
Breathing without pain

^^ if you're kiss could kill, kiss me so i can die happy....i don't even know if that's the exact words..but that's what i was thinking.

Oh sweet illusion
I feel you ending
No more smiles
No more pretending

^^ dam reality..

Oh sweet illusion
Don't leave me here
I need to smile
Or disappear

^^ how easy it is to disappear when your heart hurts..how easy it is to forget those who love us when all of our focus is on those who don't..

Oh sweet illusion
My best deception
Don't leave me here
Make this exception

^^ "it's a beautiful lie...it's a perfect denial.."

Oh sweet illusion
Oh cheap parlor trick
Don't leave me so broken
Don't leave me so quick

^^ i didn't like this stanza, for some reason. i actually don't know why. it just....seemed really out of place here ((omg! something i disliked!?))

Oh sweet illusion
Oh simple pretend
Don't make a sad poem
This can't be the end

^^ it's never the end, jesse...write your own ending...i know you can.

it's wonderful and heartbreaking. you put into words what i keep failing to do. i loved the simplicity of the flow...great job.

and i'm sorry.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality
--dang,so true
but any kind of happiness, is still happiness

So great, so true. 5 Stars.

Very very beautiful, I think I'll put

Oh sweet illusion
Just one more shot
Make my heart believe
What my head can not

this in my nickname, hoping my illusion might come true, even though it is probably an illusion he might even look at my nickname :p

An illusion can sometimes be the only thing that keeps you standing in times of despair, when hope is all you got. Knowing this will pass, holding on to the illusion can be a way to make things easier, as long as it doesn't get obsessive

Wow..Amazing...My Favorite Stanza Was The First One The Minute I Read It I Was Alreadii Amazed...And What You Saiid Bout Happiness Is So True...I Can Relate To This Poem A lot...Great Writing...

Hey, jesse.
OMG, i loved it.
I can totally FEEL the poem.
It's so mystical, yet i totally believe this is a down-to-earth situation.
I love your poems!
Keep writing them,
and I hope you write one for me! :P

It`s amazing . i totally love it
i love the word illusion coz i live inside it for a long time :)
great writing