Absence

Hiding my pain.

Hiding my tears.

Hiding the rain,

Where I save all my fears.

You may see me smile.

You won’t see me cry.

You may see me for a while,

But that’s only because I continue to try.

I hide the scars.

I hide the cries.

My heart is behind bars.

You can see it in my eyes.

Words cannot speak,

As loud as my thoughts beat.

I am weak,

I just wish I could go back and press delete.

Cutting my gentle skin.

Crying myself to sleep.

Questioning everything about myself within.

And feeling all alone, continuing to weep.

I tend to keep quiet about all this.

I tend to remain in silence.

For in my life, there is no bliss.

There is only an absence.