Every Scar - Truth Be Known

that you never knew I had the heart to feel

do I show you every scar?

resharpen every blade?

reopen every wound?

reopen every tomb?

one moment of clarity,

could wipe the film from your eyes

but you sleep contented

wrapped in your blanket of lies

I try, for so long, I have tried.

to save the tears

the ones you never dreamed I’d cry.

to bottle them for you,

so that you might drink

and not need to see

what’s become of me.

one moment of clarity,

shows that your words, are of no use

one moment of silence

could bring the awful truth

all my words

are stricken down

your sun is stricken down from my sky

fading starshine

was all I had to guide me through that night.

my eyes strain for release

from this horrid dream.

I fear this person that I was never meant to be.