Mirages

I’d always placed you on a pedestal.

Incredible you were--your

castle glimmered in the sky.

I was always stagnant as I watched you there:

just a fragment of a lullaby.

I wished for us to be a love verse.

The worst in you was camouflaged---

I could have worshipped you forever there…

On standby.

But then I...

Had a dream that your regime unraveled,

And your castle came down crashing in collages from

the sky.

And I...

Danced amid your flame and ruin--

Finally realizing all I saw in you was just

illusion:

A mirage to which I

Could finally say, goodbye.

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-Gina C. 🧚‍♀️✨

(Part II of this poem coming soon!)

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Author's Note: In preparation of hopefully self-publishing my own poetry book sometime in the foreseeable future, I have given myself the personal challenge of writing and posting one poem a day. 🤗 Today I'm kind of cheating, though - this is a poem I wrote this last fall that I posted to TikTok but never shared with Vocal.

This poem is part of my "Ghosts of Relationships Past" series, where I reminisce about old love experiences of mine, gone bad. :) ❤️

Will I be able to stick to my own challenge? Your guess is as good as mine. 😅 I do hope to post something each day - even if it's just a haiku. :)