Ink Stained Fangs

Cracking

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I put on my makeup

I paint on a smile

He says, "I wish you'd dress up

Once in awhile."

The weight that I carry

Crashes at my feet.

I feel my smile cracking

From cheek to cheek.

But all the King's horses

And all the King's men

Don't know who I am

They don't give a damn.

Come sit by me Humpty

So we can compare

The scars that I've buried

Each year after year.

I swallow a pill

and I put on a smile

There's no happy ending

I'm not in denial.

Each step that I take

Every breath I inhale

Holds the burden of pain

That I know too well.

But all the King's horses

And all the King's men

Don't know who I am

They don't give a damn.

Beneath all this pressure

I want to give in

Cause I already know

That my shell is cracking.

I wonder how Humpty

Came to be on that wall?

And how did he feel

As he started to fall?

Was it remorse

Or just sweet relief

That he fell on his head

And not on his feet.

But all the King's horses

And all the King's men

Don't know who I am

They don't give a damn.

I've tried, and I've tried

To hold it all in

But everyone knows

Gravity always wins.

©vera_anne_wolf