It’s getting harder
to keep my feelings hidden
Outside I smile,
inside I’m dying, Pretend
Deaf tears I cry,
each intake of breath
I’m wishing
were my last, Pretend
Why is it that I’ve fallen
and I look for rest to siege
Me in its arms, Pretend
I wear a mask no
one can penetrate
My eyes are soulless, Pretend
To match a spirit held in an
Arroyo deserted
and forgotten, Pretend
I hear words spoken
saying never give in
Yet there said
in a whisper, Pretend
Fool to think my
feelings are put first
A lie I’m told to keep
me satisfied, Pretend
Stand strong
stand alone, Pretend
On a ledge I totter,
the fall forever
To eternity, Pretend
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