Masking

The World Says:

Do this

Do that

Don’t talk

Don’t laugh

Do as I say

Do it my way

Don’t speak

Don’t think

Do all I say

Do it all day

Don’t cry

Don’t sigh

Just do

And die

My Soul Screams:

I am bleeding inside

Where no one can see

My pain is real

Though nobody knows

I lick my wounds

In the darkness of the night

I open my mouth to speak

But no words come out

So in the light of the day I smile

And in the dark of the night I cry

And the cycle goes on forever

With no end in sight