A Mirage

 

A Mirage inside 

My head

Kept me alive

It gave me strength

To breathe

When I could

Hear nothing

Being said.

Words of love 

Words of hope

Tug of war

Pulling my

Heart strings

With a tight rope.

Empty meanings

Filled with dreams

Looking to fulfill 

What never seems.

Reaching out

To nothing

There

A light at the

End 

Is what I hoped

We would share.

Looking searching

Through thick

Fog

With many wheels

Turning

I was only another

Cog.

Thoughts coming

Jumping out

Through dark

Promises made

Of which they lack

Deep in my soul

I feel nothing but

Space

When I only see a Mirage

With its ugly gaze.

©

Annie Mitchell 

A mirage is a sort of optical illusion, a reflection of light that can trick the mind into interpreting the sight as an apparently solid thing