Mask
Ever wonder why you feel most alone
When you are surrounded by people?
You smile, you laugh
You make a joke or two
But still on the inside
You want to cry
You want to lash out at others
Because they are happy
And have never felt the sting of loneliness
The hurt of being utterly alone
The way they seem to not see the sorrow
Behind these bright, shining, misleading eyes
They see only what they were meant to see
The bright happy person
Without a care in the world
The mask covering despair is strong
But for someone who sees past
It is an easy thing to break
You saw past my mask
And you shattered my walls
My barriers gone
You glimpsed my true self
And still you left
And now I lay here on cold stone
My body even colder
I am dead
I was ripped from my body
I see it, laying so motionlessly
I hear your fevered cry as you spy my corps
You look so lost and your eyes full of more emotion
Than I have ever seen before
You race toward my body
You hold it, you yell at me to wake up
You cry for me not to leave you
A faint breeze shifts your hair
And with it my breathless whisper
"Goodbye my love"