Illusions in Ashes

 She lit your world with wonder,

As she set fire to mine,

Held your hand so gently,

While poisoning your mind.

She traced her words like satin,

Tied tight around your heart,

Told stories soft as velvet,

Then left them all to fall apart.

You saw her glow like sunrise,

While I watched embers die,

She built you up in laughter,

And buried me in lies.

Now smoke is all that lingers,

And hope slips through my fingers.

She lit your world with wonder,

And left mine in flames. 

But flames can bend the strongest steel,

And fire can burn through chains.

I’ve walked through all her wreckage,

Yet still, I carry the pain.

She wears a face of beauty,

Yet hides a heart, ice cold.

The sweet words she whispered,

Are the same ones I was told.

So when the embers settle,

And you’re choking on the truth,

You’ll find that all her wonder,

Was just an illusion, too.