Dying Inside

Breaking down within,
Tears only felt and never seen,
My strength is underestimated,
To them I am a machine

My heart is in 1000 pieces,
But they will never know,
For to them I am a fortress,
No emotion will I show

I smile although I am hurt,
I laugh when I want to cry,
A facade is what I wear as a mask,
When I feel like I am dying inside

Instead of steady brick,
My emotional walls are made of sand,
I have been told I seem to confident,
But my worth I can measure in the palm of a childs hand

Like the night sky... 
So starless in the city,
Dark depths always seem to surround
the girl I once knew as "Me"
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011


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Date: 5/24/2011 1:18:00 AM
thanks for commenting on my work. i think the first stanza is incredible on this piece, and i agree we write quite similarly. i look forward to keeping up with your work :)
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Date: 5/12/2011 8:19:00 PM
This also sounds just like I've felt for so many years. Hope you find the healing of a broken heart and spirit just like I've found. In Christ's Love.
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Date: 5/12/2011 11:28:00 AM
i know how this feels 100 percent..but I know healing is coming for me soon...what i have deserved for two years finally..a few more weeks and I will be free, justified and healed...what i was owed a long time ago...I can relate to this poem
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Date: 5/12/2011 11:11:00 AM
wonderful write of a sad situation...TAH
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