I have to be brave.
The people who depend
On me
Must see me as
A glass statue,
All sparkles and light.
I'm not allowed
My shadows and doubts.

They see me
As their laughing angel,
Saviour of all they know.
Why can't they let me
Cry tears of
Darkened crystal
And show my pain?

When the pyreflies
Light the darkness
With glowing dreamlike spirals,
I cry silent tears
To no one.

They must see me
Only as their laughing angel.
I cannot let them see
The dark despair
That lives below
The glass sparkles.

I have to be brave
For the ones I love.
I will hold my sorrow
Inside walls of
Darkened crystal,
For as long as I must.

Your glass statue
Lights the way for you
And cries not tears.