Chasing Illusions

by Steven Elliott Caedmon Shinder

February 8, 2014

Enter a woman waiting for her ideal prince,

There are nonbelievers difficult to convince.

There is a man who just ends up within her sight,

She wonders if this man may ever be her knight.

She wants to journey with one on a running steed,

But in finding the right man she fails to succeed.

The man whom one searches is difficult to find,

Only knowing that it has to be someone kind.

Enter a man waiting for his ideal princess,

A woman whom he wishes to strive to impress.

There is a woman with an angelic smile,

And he wonders if she would walk down the aisle.

He wants to travel with one alongside the beach,

Someone to whom his feelings he would want to preach.

The woman whom one wants is hardest to search,

Only knowing that she just loves to go to church

When will nice men and women have their victories?

I suppose it all depends on their trajectories.

Surrounded by daily deceptive illusions,

Their minds and hearts are both victims of intrusions.

Picturing a life in London, Paris, or Rome,

Imagining a far away and much better home.

Happily ever after but sadly before,

Frustration and suffering that all would abhor.

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RebeccaYSPerezJul 17, 2014

Stephen Chbosky has said it best, I think, "We accept the love we think we deserve." And even though we all have this ideal that we want, the people that we want to fall for, that we want in our lives, it has become a reality for some people that the people we love aren't always those people. Especially the Disney generation, we've grown up with the idea that we will find our Prince or Princess one day. But that takes more effort than we think.I very much like how you showed both sides, looking for a prince and looking for a princess. I also enjoyed the way you set up your format for this piece, it made everything flow much easier, and gave it a certain kind of tempo as you read it that was excellent. I think while this poem speaks on the topic of sometimes falling for the wrong person, I think you have the ability here to be able to be more blunt with it. You can touch on some of the way that things can go wrong, perhaps, expand a little. It's just something I would like to see myself, just a suggestion.Thank you so much for sharing, I really enjoyed your poemRebecca