Caged

Masked and broken

I walk with my head high

Smiling from ear to ear

Passerbys smile too

All they think is that it’s fine

I’m happy--they think

Oh, to be happy--they mumble to their lover

Look at me

Help!--I scream

My words suffocated

In the noise of the crowd

Why can no one see me?

A mask that caged my soul

It screams in agony to be let free

Pounding

And pounding

Against my vessel

It wears and tears

But the mask remains untouched

For nobody can see the pain

That lies inside

Why can no one see?

Please let me free

An eternal darkness

But still, I smile

Through endless tears and screams

My heart slowly tearing apart

My soul dimming

My brain flickering

But that mask hides it all

No one can see

A peek into the light is shuddered

And hidden

Why can no one see?

Please let me free