Illustration by King Lip on Unsplash, Used with permission
Love’s Allusions
I fear that my Adonis became an Achille’s heel.
His charms were an illusion. He wasn’t the real deal.
His bombastic bearing was one I could not bear.
I plumbed his deepest psyche and found it wasn’t there.
His attempts to woo and win me were perfectly rehearsed,
We were Samson and Delilah, but the ending was reversed!
I was the one who lost my head. Thank god it was not literal,
for when he sought to wield his sword, his target was just clitoral.
My romantic Odysseys give precious little peace.
At times I’ve felt like Jason, seeking the Golden Fleece.
A female Don Quixote, with endless optimism,
If I’d met Dr. Jekyll, I’d have overlooked the schism.
I’ve felt passion ignited via heroes from the telly,
but then found out that my Clark Kent turned into Machiavelli!
My Bat Man became a vampire, which was most disillusioning.
So at least for the present, I swear off romantic fusioning!
I have a feeling that the prompt was meant to be about the illusions of life, but perhaps not, and since the prompt said “life’s allusions,” I took them literally and tried to fit in as many allusions from legend and literature as possible. The allusions are presented in boldface. The theme, however, dealt with my romantic illusions and the rest of today’s prompt words were fit in as well. Prompts for today were: life’s allusions, bombastic, precious, ignite and present.
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Good one….
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Brilliant, and alas, all too common!
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Life is full of disappointments.
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Superb 👍👌
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I see the imagery of the names and their foibles which has been a part of you and now is out to us all. Thanks for sharing Judy 🙂
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Masterfully written and, unfortunately often, so true!
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Well done!
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You worked it all in beautifully.
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Hi Mary. Hope all is well. Stay safe…
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Thanks, Mary.
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Well almost, Machiavelli was an “immoral cynic” and Clark Kent was an “immoral seen it”; and you Ms. Judy are a dreamer, making mountains out of molehills.
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Clark Kent was an immortal sin “it.” Superman was the it.
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I may have been alluding to his X-ray vision, and he may have been eluding that same fact with all of the ladies~! Thus he just may have a DOM~! (Dirty Old Man)
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