I'M Fine

Behind each tired smile

Lie a thousand tears

Unshed in sleepless eyes,

Full of unsaid,unspoken fears.

 

Pull aside the thick veil of facade

Of everlasting joy and happiness;

There is a stream gently bubbling up 

With the broken past pieces. 

 

Behind each confident self

Sits a scared child,

Waiting for someone to hold his hand

And shield him from the murky world outside.

 

Inside every armour

Of strong head decisions

Are shattered pieces of pure

Trust and faith lying on the floor. 

 

Behind each hesitant eye

Lies an untold story

Of betrayal and neglect:

A dark history. 

 

With each passing day

I struggle to cope

With all the pain and bitterness

Threatening to swallow me up. 

 

Groping past the darkness

Into the dazzling sunshine,

I still manage to lie every single day

That I'm fine, that I'm fine.....