Thank you To my teachers that never gave up on me
when I was thinking of giving up on myself
thank you for helping me realize that there are nice people out in the world.
Thank you for giving me hope in humanity.
Thank you for being there in my bad times and making me smile
Thank you for the hugs that you gave when words could not help.
Thank you for the wisdom you shared with me...
Thank you for noticing the fake smile on my face; even my friends did not.
Thank you for being yourself and teaching what you thought was important.
Thank you for teaching from your heart, not the textbooks.
Thank you for being my role model
but most importantly
thank you now; I have a dream I could go after
and that is to be like you.

I am tired...
of this mask that I painted on my face.
I designed my mask to smile.
With this came many friends, some good, some bad.
Some I would die for others will be the reason for my death.
You see, with this mask, I never spoke about my problems.
I kept it hidden like it was gold.
I was always helping people out, but no one was helping me.
I was slowly dying, but my mask was smiling.
No one would know anything, just the way my mask likes it.
I want to take this mask out, but it is stuck.
It became me now
My eyes are closing my face is still smiling.
My eyes are tired of acting, but my body is at the next scene.
The next time you look at my face, maybe you would see the pain in my eye, not the smile on my face.

Please teach me how I could unlove
Please teach me how I walk away from someone who claimed I was the candle in their life meanwhile they were my sun
Teach me how to love a new person the way I loved you
Please teach me how to get rid of the 2 am thoughts of you
Please teach me how to forget the songs we dedicated to each other
but most importantly Teach me how I could love my self
because I was too busy loving you