illusions

We always have to be careful when trying to decide if what we see is what's really there.

Most especially with people.

They will tell you one thing, but then do another.  They make promises they cannot keep.  And you are left standing there, wondering what happened.

But what do you do when you realize it's all been an illusion too late?  

Of course you wonder if any of it was real.  You question every moment.  Every detail, every nuance, goes under close scrutiny.  You scramble and grasp at anything that seems like it could've been the truth.

Eventually you settle with the idea that perhaps they meant them at the time.