These Scars

The Pain

I see the pain,

You tried to hide behind your smile.

You’re deafening the fear gnawing at your heart,

With jokes and laughter.

Let’s play pretend,

And say everything is alright.

This dusk is scary,

And I’m afraid when dawn is here,

You might not be.

We try to stay strong,

This can’t get us down, no not us.

But what am I suppose to do?

When my protector can’t protect me?

You’re tired and hurting,

But I can’t make it alright.

All I want to do is take it away.

Let’s fight it out,

It won’t take our hope,

Cause it’s all we have.