No matter how long I stood under that hot water It could not beat the defeated feeling from me If anything it only bruised me more I stared at white porcelain and products that No matter how long I scrubbed Left me feeling just as clean as that grimy shower curtain I was coming to the conclusion that this wound was more than skin deep And I had know that before, but I wore denial as a blindfold Because in the darkness I couldn't see that all the makeup that I pretended wasn't very much Was doing nothing to hide the puffy red and purple eyes Evidence of tears, too many to allow for sleep I'm too much of an open book for makeup and clothes to make any difference I know, they know, you know I'm tired of the look The look of pity that has morphed into one of exhaustion, because they are all getting bored With my mundane heartbreaks I don't blame them But this isn't sadness anymore I'm lost I feel defeated, by myself mainly, because I can't even pretend I'm mad I'm just lonely, and I'm tired of not knowing what to do, or how to feel I want to let it all go and have the "fun time" they're all living But I don't like their fun, it's too much I'm too fragile, always so fragile I don't want to believe it's done and the all the best things break I don't want to forget you, the way you looked at me, acted around me, held me close in that same shower I'm preventing my own healing I'm fighting myself, still And I'm just really Really tired