Can no one see this smile I'm faking,
See how, inside, I'm constantly shaking?
These people all claim they know me well,
Yet no one can see through my crumbling shell?
"I'm fine", I whisper, my sadness unknown,
They leave me to deal with this anguish alone.
I've hidden behind this wall most of my life,
I've managed so far, I've dealt with my strife.
Watching as, slowly, my blood leaks away,
It helps to keep life's true horrors at bay.
I pull down my sleeve to cover my hurt,
For approaching footsteps, I'm on the alert.
I guess my pretense is just all too real,
No one has to know of the pain that I feel.
The real me inside, where no one can see,
I can fool everyone else, why can't I fool me?
Walking in the shadow of fear,
drowning endlessly by a single tear,
running along
On a guitar of time, he played pleasant tunes,
the rhymes of his life were sung by the mo
I don't believe in taking excess risks,
But a person can be excessively careful, too.
I look into a broken mirror,
I seek to see why I am still living.
when I look aro
You made me run away
from those who loved me anyway.
You pushed me down into the
When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaningful walk,
Since all my steps are audience of my past,
a past damasked by relevant joys, pain, growt
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
Are the words you'd hear Will Shakespeare say.<
We have been friends for not so long
We've learned to trust and shared a song
We
Sometimes life is hard, and there is so much I still don't understand.
I feel alone and a
