Crying Girl - Roy Lichtenstein

It's nothing, the tear can be wiped away The emotion neatly swept aside today Discreetly dealt with, it's alright I cried out my eye colour during my plight The only indication of my altered state Don't talk about it, or my sadness tinged fate Viewed close up there is no other trace Feel free to be near, study my face Come closer, I do not really mind To be gazed at feels... almost kind Not quite seeing past my unfilled eyes I can't expect an onlooker to realise That something happened to me Something invisible for anyone to see My heart broke over and over again Created deep chasms filled with pain Scattered all over my brain and heart Creating an empty feeling, I'm set apart But I find comfort residing here with you Yet the tears sometimes still seep through Telling that all is not what it may appear A neglected child remains full of fear The unfixable, rewired to malfunction Fixated on false compunction Always feeling it's me at fault Impervious to attempt to exalt Extrapolation of very minor matters Self talk negates me as it chatters But forget all that, for this moment please I'll rest, watched over, feeling safe, at ease It's a fleeting feeling, I'm aware of this You'll go, comforting embrace I'll miss I'll look to steady myself, I'll try But all the broken pieces make me cry Left to think, all my tears they fall Because when I look at myself, I see nothing at all