What meets the eyes
Is not what it is
Though never really mine
That radiant smile
Brightened my day
Those silly words
Always made me laugh
The sparkle in those eyes
Happiness to my heart

The illusion I built
The dream I lived
Fades away
Making me bleed

The tears never stopped
The pain never left
It never healed
Buried deep inside me
The wound still fresh
So raw, so real
Bleeding from time to time
Never letting me forget

He was a mirage
But my reality too
Not ready to let go
But I had to.