Beautiful Illusions
Matthew Zagorski 1986 (NY)
I listened to the signs.
The clouds in the sky.
The hummingbirds flutter.
The Look in my eye.
The crows and black cats that Follow me constant.
The creaks in the basement.
The basement that’s haunted.
The thoughts that consume me in doubt and self-hatred.
The ones that say “take a quick look though, you made it.”
Some say JUST LET GO if you want love to last.
They resurrect all the dark shit from my past.
The ones that say dive to the dark and you’ll find, the beauty OF life that YOUR PAIN left behind, but stay for a while if you want to fix it cause your mind’s fabricating this happy existence.
The song that comes on at the right exact moment.
The song that’s for you, but you just didn’t know it.
My coffee mug saying, “my cup overfloweth.”
The answers are there, but how would we know it?
Font size:
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Beautiful Illusions" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 11 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/132282/beautiful-illusions>.
Discuss the poem Beautiful Illusions with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In