Chains of Illusion

Chains of Illusion

Tethered by longing, temptation controlled,
my love's inconstant, my mind running free
seeking perfection. It can't be consoled.

Driven to wander by false imagery,
promises whispered in film and in prose,
leaving my heart devoid of constancy.

Emotions inundate what the mind knows
forcing my heart in a pointless pursuit,
drifting sans direction as the wind blows.

I stop for a time, 'till the need's acute.
Have I loved? Will I love? Questions I ask
that echo within. My heart remains mute.

Seeking love's answers, I bend to the task
aimlessly drifting through each lonely day
hiding my anguish behind a bright mask.

Promises float, a mirage on display,
fading away leaving only dismay.


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Prompt: Will I ever love again?
Form: Terza Rima ~ is a three-line stanza using chain rhyme in the pattern a-b-a, b-c-b, c-d-c, d-e-d. There is no limit to the number of lines, but poems or sections of poems written in terza rima end with either a single line or couplet repeating the rhyme of the middle line of the final tercet. There is no set rhythm for terza rima, but in English, iambic pentameter is generally preferred.

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