Behind The Mask

Hiding the hurt, hiding the pain,

Hiding the tears that fall like rain.

Saying I’m fine when I’m anything but

This ache in my heart rips in my gut.

My soul is on fire, I burn from within

The calm on my face is an ongoing sin.

The world must stay out, I’ve built up a wall

My fragile lie will collapse should it ever fall.

Loneliness consumes me, it eats away the years

Until my life is swallowed by unending fears.

I waited for someone who cared enough to see

That I am trying so hard to let out my plea.

Behind the mask, I am nothing more than broken

Who has a lot to say behind words unspoken.

I’m afraid what I will do if one day my mask falls off

And will all the people in the room scoff?

I desperately hoped for someone to say “I’m here”

But they will eventually in the end disappear.