Illusion

Illusion When people show you who they are Be it by word or action Believe them without any doubt It’s for your own protection For all too soon, if not too late You’ll have a confrontation That may be overwhelming and May cause quite some frustration Because you chose to pay no mind You showed much understanding You knew things weren’t as they seemed But still you kept pretending You chose to turn a blind eye to That which was so revealing Assumptions now turned into facts And this has got you reeling You are appalled, outraged, and hurt The rudeness of it all! What was so bearable at first Now drives you up the wall Was it your gullibility That got the upper hand? How come that you could trust so much But now you simply can’t? It’s human nature once again We fall for the illusion That trust brings forth trust in exchange And this causes confusion But people do show who they are To see is to believe So look and see what they reveal And you won’t suffer grief. Wendy Nipas