ALL THOUGH MY EYE DOES NOT SHED A TEAR <br />MY SOUL CRIES A RIVER <br />AND AS MY MIND FILLS WITH FEAR <br />MY BODY STARTS TO QUIVER <br />BECAUSE THE WORDS ARE NEVER SPOKEN <br />SO NO ONE KNOWS THAT MY HEART IS REALLY BROKEN <br />AND AS I LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT , WHEN ALL ELSE IS ASLEEP <br />QUIETLY AND OUT OF SIGHT , THE TEARS ROLL DOWN MY CHEEK <br />AND EACH DAY BEFORE I SET OUT, TO DO MY DAILY TASK <br />I QUIETLY COMPOSE MYSELF , AND PUT ON MY MASK <br />A SMILE I PUT ON FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE <br />SO THAT NO ONE WILL NOTICE THE TURMOIL INSIDE OF ME <br />AND AS I FACE THE DAY WITH ALL SHE DOES FOR ME <br />I FEAR THAT ONE DAY SHE WILL WAKE UP , AND JUST A BUM WILL SEE <br />AND AS THE DAY DRAGS ON AND STARTS TO FILL WITH WORRY <br />ALL I WANT TO DO IS REACH OUT AND SAY THAT I`M SORRY <br />FOR ALL THE TIME THAT HAS PAST , THERE SEEMS TO BE NO POINT <br />COS ALL I`VE MANAGED TO DO , IS JUST TO DISSAPOINT <br />I FEEL LIKE SUCH A FAILURE NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY <br />THATS WHY INSIDE MY BODY , MY SOUL STARTS TO CRY <br />SO AS THE RIVER STARTS TO FLOW , FAST AND FREE <br />EVERY DAY I HIDE THE PAIN THAT BURSTS INSIDE OF ME <br />HOW LONG IT WILL LAST I REALLY DO NOT KNOW <br />COS I JUST CAN`T SEEM TO STOP THIS TERRIBLE FLOW <br />SO AS THE SUN RISES EACH AND EVERY DAY <br />I PUT ON MY MASK , AND BE ON MY MERRY WAY<br /><br />Vaughn Bekker<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-mask-15/
