Tell me a lie
Just for a while
It’s nice to pretend
When the world is so scary
Since it’s nice to know
that I’m not the only one
Alone

Heating inside
Is a great warmth
But anger I feel
when it rips right through
my heart

The darkness surrounds
No thoughts like another
My heart standing still
Grounded with no cover

Speak to me with words of love,
Put your arms around me
like the wings of a dove.
And since you see me for how I exist,
I’ll thank you forever for holding me at my lowest.

What happens when you no longer feel alive,
do you cease to exist;
or are you looked over, never to be missed.
“Life’s hard” is a burden I don’t wanna carry, I try to open up, just to be buried.

I reflect on my past, scared for the future.
Can’t be in the present,
I’m only a viewer.
Live each day waiting for tomorrow,
will I like myself when I see who I’ve followed.
Don’t judge me for the words I say, I’m just like you, trying to find my way.

This weight is too strong for me to hold on my own,
I’m sick and tired of always feeling alone.
I keep trying but it’s not enough,
I worry all the time,
That I infect people
Way too much
Keep going maybe you’re almost there,
I just want to be happy,
But for me that’s rare.
I put my pencil down, but I know I’ll pick it up again,
Because with these poems that I write,
I create a friend

We all have thoughts in our head that we should not say
Many of us have dark secrets
that we wish we could throw away
We observe and then we lie
We all pretend that we’re not a little evil inside
It’s human to judge others
While not even knowing ourselves
Why do we make excuses
for the people that hurt the most
We empathize with the weak
as a reason for kindness
For once in my life
Can you not use my selfishness
as a reason for my blindness