Behind the Smile
Behind the Smile
By Kevin Robey
October 15, 2013
A pill to wake, to sleep at night
A pill to ensure it’s all right
Lifting the fog, it all seems so
clear
Things about myself I have left
to fear
As the silence continues in my
mind
I’m scared there’s nothing left
to find
If happiness and bliss is found
in this
I say its chaos and misery I’ll
miss
Alone and proud, I smile more
now
The scars seem too easy to
disavow
Am I living or dying? Is it all
just the same?
It’s hard to tell if laughter is to
blame
The addict lives inside my mind
killing time
Never too far from the scene of
the crime
Reminders it leaves in the back
of my heart
Scarring the veins that try to
rip me apart
Gripping the rails on this
runaway train
Calm in the stagecoaches are
the insane
Are thoughts of bliss, the calm
before the storm?
Does chaos line the walls of my
heart when its warm?
Armed with a stolen heart I
took from a dream
My smile is a face not too far
from a scream
While living on the edge is
where I’d rather be
I’m living in a sea full of
possibilities
It’s with great trepidation I look
ahead
Rather than storms I see
sunshine instead
Shards of broken hearts lay
beneath my feet
I walk into the grey and
rename every street
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