We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
Two old friends met on the street,
Hadn't talked in many a year;
"How's your fami
Monday I was angry with the sun.
It was always in my eyes - no fun.
Tuesday I was
I remember the first time you talked to me,
I wasn't sure what to do.
No one ever
There once was this girl.
She had the most beautiful face.
Her eyes shone like di
Love sits on my shoulder and whispers in my ear.
It tells me how you love me and the word
The Hardest Thing I'll Ever Do
The hardest thing I'll ever do
Is let go of you
And look forward instead of back
I have a feeling deep in my heart.
It feels like the fire of a flame.
It feels of
A million stars up in the sky.
One shines brighter - I can't deny.
A love so prec
You say you're afraid of being alone.
You can't do a thing on your own.
You don't
My love for her is a roaring fire.
She's all I ever did or will desire.
Without h
