On the outside I smile.

I laugh and joke around

No one notices anything

They all seem dumbfound.

Do they not realize?

Don’t they see?

All those battles,

Going on inside me?

Don’t let my outside fool you

Nothing is as it seems

You should hear my heart

It yells, it tears, and it screams.

Is it really only me?

Am I the only one?

Who feels this pain,

And is attacked by its evil minion?

On the inside I’m dying

I feel I cannot hold it

The feelings threaten to burst out

They just want to jump and shout.

So keep in mind

Next time you see

A person with a smile

Maybe they feel like me.

Don’t let the outside fool you

Plese don’t let it fool you.

Don’t look past the real me

Because I really, really want you to see.