A/N:Uhm...depressing. I wrote this...? Ah well. My fave stanzas (every four lines is a stanza, but I'm bad at formatting, so...) are the ones that start with the lines: Show that I don't care/ But you are persistent. The title is 'Delusions,' referring to the point of view of both the person who's the main focus in this poem and 'you,' because the goal is to make you both think the other is delusional, if that makes sense. It kind of does, right...? Plz read and review.

I float in a pool of twilight

And close my eyes and ears

This makes it better;

It masks my painful tears

The air is the dusk

A rippling northern light

Still, this does nothing

To help with my sight

For I try to hide it

Pretend that I can’t see

Because I don’t want to

Let anyone see me

Hidden in the shadows

I am a beautiful wreck

I forgot, I couldn’t

Keep myself in check

You are coming

Coming through the haze

How did you find me,

Wandering this maze?

I float peacefully

Hoping you’ll pass by

As so many others do

Wishing I would die

Show that I don’t care

Try to hide my tears,

Pretend I like my prison

Try to close my ears

Pity disgusts me

Words I don’t need to hear

Those that cut and burn

They hurt and sting and sear

You stop but I hear no words

Silence, and a soft sigh

You say you want to help me

But I know this is a lie

You reach out to touch me

I frown and squirm away

Don’t even bother to try

Or you will surely pay

But you are persistent

You think I should stand

And be a hopeless soldier

In your hopeless land

You think you know it all

I don’t want a part in this

You think I’m in pain

But I pretend it’s bliss

Darkness is my comfort

I revel in lie after lie

Words whispered in the dark

“I don’t want to die”

And this is what happened

When I got what I dreamed

My dream was this darkness

Teeth of misfortune gleamed

Who do you think you are?

My savior has been long away

You cannot do anything

Don’t try to save the day

“I understand your pain.”

Pretend you care

“How did you get here?”

Hide in your lair

You will try to reach me

I will always stay

You will sit and tears will fall

Despair will wash you away

And then we’ll both be stuck here

Floating in our misery

And I know that this will come

Happiness isn’t meant to be