Lips turned right side up but heart's upside down Smiling eyes hold hidden disappointment Teeth grind in the back of my mind like grains of sand on paper Time is lost and cannot be found Eyes are burning; blood is churning,Β Β anger at the peak of its constraint Face is calm, composed, stoic Blank, like a canvas Shall I use something sinfully colorful and curse you, she and him? Or a complete contrast and laugh though I'd rather sneer? Truth is, satisfaction would mean knuckles bare But I just sit and stare Trying to restrain and drain the contents in my brain The silence is overbearing as waves of anger rise and crash down in my ears The torment and frustration built up over years But I refuse to let it out like water from a spigot or a spout I refuse to scream and shout, letting the whole world know what I'm about I refuse to seem sad, pitiful or weak so I hold tongue in cheek while sinking waist deep Into the silence...