Harmony Lane Poet Rhyme

Behind These Lies

Behind every smile that you see
Is a thousand memories
Of when times where so much tougher
These feelings I felt, much rougher

Behind every laugh that you hear
Is a cluster of frozen tears
That were shed with sorrow in silence
Hiding from the surrounding violence

Behind every nice thing I say
Is an insult to myself of hate
Scars from when I just wanted to feel
Something that would finally be real

Behind the person that I am
Is a life that never fully began
Cut short by my own hand
Sentenced to a deserted neverland

Forever I continue to exist 
In a paranoid state of bliss
When you look at me, you will never see
The lies behind that are unseen

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Bill Baker November 28, 2023 at 8:56 AM Deep and moving poetry, Harmony. There is much more to all of us than shows on the outside. Many times, we fail to see the struggle and pain a person has endured because they are hiding it with a great effort to comfort others and not have a negative impact on others. It can destroy us inside if we don't let it out in a constructive way. I'm a first-time visitor to your poetry, but I'll be back soon. I'm following your poetry so we can get to know each other and out poetry better. A poet friend (to be), Bill Harmony Lane November 30, 2023 at 6:12 PM I am glad that you are enjoying my poetry. I have been through extreme conditions for my age and poetry is the way that I let these feelings out. Thank you for your feedback~