Dandelions of Deception

Rachel Ann

Jul 24

1 min read

I had a beautiful idea of you,

made you into everything

I never wanted to forget.

I hung onto your every word.

because,

I preferred you.

When I noticed discrepancies

I picked them,

one by one,

like dandelions,

and blew them away,

watching them fade away.

My remedy…..

But I always keep the stems

so I’d remember.

About this Poem

The poem is about idealizing someone, ignoring their flaws to preserve a preferred version of them, and still holding onto traces of what was dismissed.

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