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
Bestest Best Friend Forever And Always
You are there when I need you
You always have my back
You uplift me when I'm sad<
I've envied the people around me
So invested in living each day,
While I spent my
I see you in my thoughts and dreams.
When I awake, how real it seems.
You aren't
My family's gone; there's no one home.
It's only me who's home alone.
I shouldn't
You sing,
I smile,
"I get a kick out of you,"
You sing still,
And
Life is a series of written pages,
Climaxes and minimum wages.
The words so caref
A little bit angry through the years,
A whole lot lonely through my tears.
A wond
Rain, rain, go away,
Because of you, the pain will stay.
Slit my throat, cut out
A friend is a person
who has always has your back,
a person
who has faith
