It started slowly,
Not alerting me as it came in,
Creeping gently,
Like it might break my skin.
The pain in my heart,
When I smile,
The pieces that fall down,
When I try to laugh.
But when I cry,
I am all right,
All the pain,
Goes away.
When happiness enters,
My heart meddles,
Making me breathless,
Feeling like an inanimate stone.
Fake, Fake, Fake, Fake, Fake, Fake
That's what my smiles truly are,
And when the real one pops,
I try to battle it down,
Before it topples my emotionless crown.
I feel suffocated,
I feel weak,
The monster inside of me,
Wants to be free
Every time I cover up my face,
With an emotionless mask,
It rattles it’s cage,
To punch back at those remarks.
But I'll wait,
Patiently,
Until it's time comes.
And my mask has to fall.