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Beneath the Smile

The sky is a graveyard of stars

Each one a scar from forgotten wars

I stare through the cracks in my broken disguise

Afraid of the dark, but more of the lies

 

An exhumation of my former self

Dug up truths left to rot on the shelf

Buried my heart in a casket of doubt

Now it screams from within, trying to claw its way out

 

Let the demons soar. Let them rise!

I’ve fed them too long to cut all ties

They circle above like vultures of flame

And whisper my sins while chanting my name

 

Can’t close my eyes, for it is where,

The devil hides in every stare

He waits in dreams with bloodstained hands

Building kingdoms on sinking sands

 

The people with the biggest smiles,

Walk the longest, loneliest miles

And I, I wear mine like a mask each day

Hiding the hurt in a world gone gray

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Apr 4, 2025
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