Hiding the hurt, hiding the pain,
Hiding the tears that fall like rain.
Saying I'm fine when I'm anything but.
This ache in my soul rips at my gut.
My skin is on fire; I burn from within.
The calm on my face is an ongoing sin.
The world must stay out; I've built up a wall.
My fragile lie will collapse should it ever fall.
Loneliness consumes me; it eats away the years
Until my life is swallowed by unending fears.
Waiting for someone to see I wear a mask
And care enough to remove it; is that too much to ask?
I light a torch and hold it high
It shines so bright it lights the sky
You see th
From the day that I first knew you,
Your heart was pure and kind;
Your smile was
Hope is in the springtime,
When the first bird of the year chirps.
When the first
I want to love again,
but my heart will not obey.
I want to be happy,
but
To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refine
You broke my heart
And won't repair it
You took my love
and won't give it
She tells him she loves him when she doesn't care,
all along she plays this game unfairly
Life may not let me select my lot,
But whether I'd be happy or not...
That is my
Two old friends met on the street,
Hadn't talked in many a year;
"How's your fami
Buzz, buzz in your ear,
A bumblebee follows you everywhere.
I am that bee, can't
