So Just Believe

Smile your way through the tears
Love through all the lies
Accept as though they tell the truth
Put on that old disguise

Compliments are pouring in
Pretending that they care
Sugarcoated words of hope
Weaving through despair

Footsteps drumming closer
Bubbles of pure dread
Asking for sweet favours
Words rather left unsaid

Steady beat of hissing
Whispered notes of fear
Melodies of envy
Wishing you weren’t here

Striving for perfection
Dreaming of a dream
Drifting off into a world
Woken by a scream

Fluttered hearts are broken
Through the bitter steel
Escaping to a fantasy
Wishing
         ^maybe
                   it were real