Masquerade

Delusions of passion
Illusions of love.

Masquerading as reality
The illusion of my fate
True destiny eluded
Evaporates like chilled wine.

These feelings that corrupt me
Personalities combine
Volcanic in intensity
Plebian truth.

Enfolded in deception
Confused with true release
The boundaries forsaken
Enabling expansive grief.

Showered with resentment
Enraptured by the facade
Tripping over words once spoken freely
Easing into dreamless oblivion.

Shaken by your callousness
Driven by relentless need
Haunted by another's presence
Deceived by one and all.

A shallow grave awaits
A chilling embrace encloses
An empty promise spoken
An elusive feeling forgotten.

Aimless wandering thoughts filter through
Deepening the abysmal depression
Lifting hopes deflated so easily
Dreams shattered like crystalline paths.