You hide behind your big smile But I know you wear a mask And I see the lies you hide I see the scarred fragile soul Cracking beneath the weight.

I don’t know where to start Too much to say So much more to lose I know what I am risking But I don’t have a choice

Stupid Boy I wish you could have seen How much you were loved Maybe if you had known... Things could have been different

Night has fallen Once again Leaving me alone With my thoughts Their incessant prattle

Sympathetic stares linger On my crumbling face As tears attack Streaming down my cheeks Breaking through the depths of my…

The radiant crescent moon illumina… Transforming the clear azure water… The gentle evening breeze sending… I stand above my reflection, watch… A stranger stares back at me, her…

You look at me Like I’m some prize on display Pride glimmering in your eyes As you smile encouragingly AND

I’m exhausted No fight left My lids so heavy Rocks mark my eyes No tears left

My fingers gliding across the keys In a race to keep up with My wayward thoughts Drifting through me head Things demanding to be out

A fluke encounter Letter after letter Turning me inside out Each new exchange Giving me

A little boy tugs at his mothers arm while she ignores him. Tears springing to his eyes he wonders why.

Forgiveness is the hardest gift to… Tears clouding our vision Our sadness turning to madness Hiding our hearts beneath Thick layers of rust

I don’t want to see. How empty I am on the inside. My heart, shattered. My spirit, broken. My soul, torn.

My heart yearns My memory flooding my head Images gloating of funs to be had Displaying first hand reminders The taste