My mask is growing heavy but I’ve forgotten whose underneath
I live the life of this girl, walking along in a trance like a sword locked in it’s sheath
I’m lost in this world of people who bring nothing but pain
I hate being locked in this world so mundane
when I put this mask on I didn’t think I would never take it off
I’m tired of listening to all these people scoff
at this mask of mine, that isn’t even me
please, I beg of you let me take this mask off, that is my only plea
I’m tired of being this person, making everyone think of me as someone I’m not
what lesson am I being taught?
And wh
I spend every second
of every day
of my life
working
to ge my parent’s
to be ok
with who I am.
For,
everything that I love,
they hate.
Every day
another person hates me
for being me,
not the real me
but the face that I put forward
so that i can protect
my already broken insides.
I lay in wait
for the day,
I can speak wear and act
the way I want.
And yet
I realize
that I have spent so much time
trying to hide who I truly am
by a person
everyone wants me to be
that I no longer know
who I truly am.
I’m tired of losing people
of having them drift off
no matter how often they say they won’t
no matter how many times they say they’ll stay
they always drift off
lost with the wind
no matter how many promises they make
they are always broken
no matter what I think
they always tell at least one lie
I wish I could keep one person by my side
and not have to worry about them disappearing
yet I’ve had too many promises broken
to believe the ones spoken today.
I hear this question
a hundred times a day
and I always say
‘I’m fine’
and smile.
when in truth
I want to cry,
or crumble on the ground
and die.
The words
I’m fine,
mean nothing
they are just another lie
that I tell every day
a lie
that I’m tired of telling
yet,
I must continue saying.