I wonder what you see
When you look at me?
Do you sense the pain I hide?
All the things I’ve buried inside?
Is it written all over my face?
A lost smile this frown replaced?
Do you hear it in the words I’ve spoken?
Any hint a soul was tattered and broken?
Could you tell when you stared into my eyes?
Or was it by the scars that were left behind?
Would you be troubled by what you find
If you could explore deep inside my mind?
If I could reveal what is just beneath your view,
Would one part of me remain, a piece that I knew?
And I wonder……
How can love be real
When pain is all I can feel.