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!
It's Time To Really Let You Go
Letting you go is not easy
No matter how hard I try
I cannot seem to get you out
A little bit of laughter,
A little bit of tears,
A little bit of happiness,
When I see you,
Your eyes sparkle while you say hi with the sweetest voice in the world.<
Baby, I guess it was never meant to be.
I miss what we used to be,
but baby, can'
She had looked for his coming as warriors come,
With the clash of arms and the bugle's ca
I know there's something great in me,
Something I struggle to find.
The days and
It's the way you say I love you and the way you hold my hand.
There's just so much about
They put me in the oven to bake.
Me, a deprived and miserable cake.
Feeling the h
Sharing sorrows, sharing needs,
Sharing happiness, exchanging deeds.
These are th
Life's brevity, so bittersweet,
depends upon just one heartbeat.
Brief as dusk an
