A Look in the Mirror

A Look in the Mirror

My teeth clench as my cheeks rise

Crowds of people look in my eyes

Happiness is all they see

Pain and anguish is the real me

Fake and shallow is how I feel

Nothing I show them is actually real

Outside my mind I seem so sane
Deep inside I store my pain

What I show is just a mask

An appearance that will never last

Positive thinking, do hopes increase

These silent screams never cease

I no longer know who I am

Iâll try to hold on as long as I can

Deep beneath this mask I find

Pain has all but destroyed my mind

Thoughts continue without end

To myself I confess my sins

In my bed I lay awake

So much noise, I begin to shake

Twisted mind and altered thoughts

This thing I am, the pain itâs brought

Home alone I remove my mask

My mind set free, peace at last?

But no peace here, no hope found

The real me buried beneath the ground

Smothered by the mask I wear

Canât find shelter anywhere

I look in the mirror one last time

My eyes are gone, Iâm now blind

No smile to see, no frown as well

No feelings at all is, its own kind of hell

Left so numb from todayâs sorrow

Filled with rage, there will be more tomorrow

Tears rain down, red as blood

I bury my heart deep in mud

Sadness has become who I am

Happiness fled and hope has ran

This is me, there is no escape

Alone and empty, this is my fate