I cannot see my eyes are blind,
It's possible I've lost my mind.
Surrounded by chaos and confusion,
Has this life just been an illusion.
You were once there but now your gone,
Nights so lonely, empty, long.
You moved on left me behind,
Oh yes it's true I've lost my mind.
Encased in solitude I'm going insane,
things will never be the same.

I was always taught to cry in private,
As if emotions were some kind of sin.
"No one likes a hysterical woman",
Or at least that's what I was told.
So I tie up my emotions and feelings,
And tuck them away neatly within my heart.
Throughout the day I feel them trying to break free,
To be let loose, to be felt.
But I refuse to let them break through my composure,
So I push them down further, and further, and further,
Until all I can feel is an empty hollowness in the middle of my chest.
"Much better,
Keep smiling,
Act normal,
You're happy."