Illusion

Salvation is coming

I'm not willing to wait

beauty too stunning

for emotions to negate

cut away

we need no barriers

for none can hold back

what matters most

what can I say

to your brown, sage eyes

humor with you smile

that none can despise

I would preach to the world

of your charm and your grace

yet my words fall apart

when my gaze meets your face

and I see it again

for the very last time

as your smile does fade

in what's left of my mind

you're still in my world

left the real one behind

now the effort is gone

but the feelings reside

time falls apart

though the pain goes away

in my favorite dream

I can will you to stay

and you say what I want

and romantic you feel

and it tears me apart

because none of it's real.

Copyright ©2004 Ross Pollack Wilkins III