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It’s so easy to get lost
To get comfortable in the act
In the game of pretend
Of being something you’re not
Perhaps because it’s safer
Or because you are afraid of the monster behind the mask
I used to go to the bar on Sundays
Because I knew you wouldn’t be there
Because I knew it would be safe
Safe from the sight of that smile
How beautiful you are
So deep in your despair
Lying, sleeping on the couch
The curls in your dark hair
How soft your face appears
When you're lost within your dreams
We are not appraised by how we begin
Nor are we judged by our face or our skin
We learn to hide what we’re told to by others
Using our clothes and makeups as covers
You hide behind hills,
Curves of rock snaking up,
Strangling
The lakes and rivers--
Your tears.
And the blades of grass, a fine-woven net
To catch,
To cut,
To keep
When we part for the day,
I sit and I say,
"I love you, I love you, I love you."
I hide from your face,
I whisper your name,
And I love you, I love you, I love you.
There's a smile on your face
But I know that you're in pain
Your silent tears leave no trace
But things just aren't quite the same, and
There's no reason for you to hide
it's scary how one bad memory can make you forget all the good ones, how a single word can overweigh a whole book and how one smile can hide a thousand tears.
Promises, promises.
What do they mean?
We give in to the lies, we give in to the need.
You told me you wouldn't hurt me, you told me it was the last time.
I know how to smile
I know how to lie
I know how to hide
I know how to act
I know to fake pride
But there are too many things
I keep hidden
Another side you won't see
Liar is what I've become,
To spare the feelings of everyone.
I won't say a word,
And you won't notice.
I'll keep quiet and smile,
And all my lies are worthwhile.
I'm sick of turning to you for help,
My mind explodes with hatred. I was only told of the awful memories. I was only told of the abuse. My mom wanted to protect me from the bad. I was forced into a game of hide and seek except there was no one looking for me.
Vulnerability was never meant to be a weakness,
as innocence was never meant to be a disability.
But in this cruel, revealing world,
Love is an unrealistic target
I know it isn't cold,
But perhaps my hands are.
Yes they are fingerless,
Which makes no sense to you.
But the cold is not the reason I wear them.
I wear the gloves for safety,
We are all bizarre, some of us are just better at hiding it.
We pull up our hoods and hide away. You don't even look our way.
While you see headphones, we hear the music.
I'm okay,
When I refuse to look you in the eye.
I'm okay,
When I hide in the shadows.
I'm okay,
When I hide behind my fringe.
I'm okay,
When the world is ignoring me.
I'm okay,
When I call out,
And ask for help
Nothing seems to come.
Just my echoing voice
Bounces back, leaving me alone.
The echo comes in your criticism,
And what you point out as wrong,
Shadows are my friends,
Keeping me hidden from judging eyes.
Blanketing me with promise of safety,
And protection of hatred.
If I can't be seen by anybody,
Then I can't be hurt by them.
"Stop with the lies
And the hate
And the hurt
Filled with their cries
Cause we treat them
Like dirt
A small child shies
At a hand
Raised to hurt
This word is not mine
Conform they say
You'll be just fine
Hide the truth away
It's only a matter of time
Society has clipped my wings
I can no longer fly
No happiness this brings
Some days I'd rather die
If you do not trust me, as you should
Forever I’ll delightedly leave.
Sitting in silence is not the way;
For what would you hope to achieve?
I’d rather always succumb to nothing
From darkest days to blackest of nights, did we crawl. Blind and stupid, with smiles on our faces and our hearts light as feathers. Safe are we by the dogs we do feed and fear. Though we know they bite and tear.
There are days when you just have to bury your head
Because you know that there's nobody there.
The people you thought you had trusted
Turned on you without single a care.
So you dig your deep hole in the ground,
I love you
At night I dream of you
I will not hide it from you
My future is blank without you
I am hurting
So scared to tell the truth
In front of everyone I pretend
I am scared
This is not my face.
This is a façade
I have worn this mask forever, so long I almost forget it's not really me
But I am not alone in this
We all hide ourselves at times
I chose to hide forever
The lies grow like wildfire, spreading everyday.
As soon as i think things settle down,
a thought ignites the flame
Don't twist your words as for me to not understand.
I am young but I am not dumb.
I can see you from your ins to your outs as you tongue tie your words.
Don't waste your time, I see right through you.
If there's one phrase that's hard to say,
If there's something we don't want to think about each passing day
If there's something that would make some of us want to cry,
Bleeding because it paints the pictures
so heavily spilled
in my mind.
And seeing the crimson upon my skin
Gives me pain that makes me real.
Crying because
It makes me view
Wishing upon peace,
hoping no one sees me,
Taking a deep breath,
hoping no one hears me,
Walking through school campus vastly,
having fear of being stopped,
Smiling, but speaking no words,
Cookie Cutter! Cookie Cutter!
Everywhere I look, it’s Cookie Cutter!
This color’s in.
Those shoes are out.
I want to break the mold
My desire is to be bold
I long for individuality
In my mind, there is never sleep
Thoughts are what create
I want to be loud
Louder than I am
And I am loud
I wish people could feel my love
Without misinterpreting it
Decorating her mind with the things she loved.
It was her room, her sanctuary; where she hid her trust
Its corner consistently gathering its dust
school is so tough And teachers just want To make it rough.People always want to fight even out in plain Sight. So disgusting, bet these people aren't used to adjusting.
I do not have an opinion
Because that would be
Picking sides
And once I have picked a side
Sometimes I care so much it hurts
So I hide behind indifference for anesthesia
I'm running from my inner demons
It’s easier to use my sins as temporary amnesia
I wear my Scarlett letter like a mask
Hush, it’s okay
There’s no need to take a peek.
What are you doing, trying to look in so deep?
Do you wish to be clawed at, do you wish to be scorned?
Behind my mask I hide
far from eveythig
just out of judgement's reach
just out of presure's sight
jus out of pain's grasp
just out of stress's glimps
Behid my mask I hide
keeping hiddden
Pay no attention
to the woman behind the
mask.
She's just an
illusion
of smoke and mirrors,
of pulsing lights and
then she's gone.
Pay no attention
See the smile,
she presents so sweetly to the world.
The gleaming of her happiness
an etched mask to those strangers.
No one can tell
the wounds she bears
beneath her covered skin,
Hide hide hide
I would say
Hide what you love about yourself
and put it away
They try and hurt you
everyday
so hide hide
put your true self away
And that way
They'll never
To my audience who never gets to see
To the me who doesn't want to be
Behind the curtains, behind the scenes
To put on a show
I know exactly the right words to say
when to say it
how to say it
My smile will not fade away;
No, not until my dying day.
I must stay strong
For those who do not care.
My heart is surely breaking,
A wineglass dropped on the ground
Without a second thought.
What's a little white lie without a little fun
Because 'Fun' is what life is about
Nothing matters as long as you're having a good time
I'll be a 'Her' instead of 'Me'
I put up a front,
and i don't mean to be so blunt,
but the curtain is for me.
I can't look at society.
This is my final prayer,
That someone will care,
But it never seems to change
Because my mind is really strange.
It's dark inside,
All my pain and demons hide,
Maybe one day you'll see,
Hide me softly
Under cover of white
For the quiet anger will find me
And desperately bind me from a height
Hide me softly
Under a shield of cover
Never let me go
Be my sweet lover
Wanting to cry but having no tears
Wantint to scream but pride's held to dear
This strenght is found in hard-hearted men
Who hide it inside and don't show the truth
I came into in to the world and I knew who you were
But I didn’t know you
I slipped out of the womb battered and bruised and the only reason I lived was because of you
And yet I’m ungrateful
Running around hiding
A blur of faces and
forgotten names
a veil of peace
hides love and
Pain
We are all so similar,
so why do we hide?
don't judge a book by its cover
we are all the same inside
Nowadays, it’s hard to know what the truth is.
We have tampered with so much as seen
Our environment, plants, animals and even our bodies that
We are oblivious to what is real, what is true
Time and time again
we all come
we all smile and grin
cause isn't this a blast?
we all come again and again
every once in a while
there is a "How've you been?"
"Fine" "Better" and even "good"
When winter storms bring snow and ice and springs face hides beneath
And life is draped in cold regret where jealousy sinks its teeth
The road is dark and rough, though often traversed by those
