Delusions

[amberdwn]

Strikes me more as a breakup realization than mental health, delusions being the deluded emotions felt for another, or the yearning to feel for another? Patience being the time it took to get over the loss. That's the impression I get from this. Are they the same delusions - the lock and the set free?

Delusions was the lock and patience was the key,

Perhaps edit:

Delusions were the lock and patience the key

Or:

Delusions were the lock and patience was the key,
Now those delusions are all set free.

"It all took time" seems unnecessarily repetitive.

Enjoyed your poem. Please enjoy critique with a grain of salt, the good the bad and especially Clint Eastwood.

You're correct. The delusions were stated in the first few lines lol..so you got it!