Second Skin

I keep stepping outside myself This deviation necessary I always wanted to be someone else I'm growing a second skin Still me underneath but I've been cloaked in rage and grief These scales are heavy But I'll carry them The world weighed on me before but nothing like the iron shackles this life has now become Unbearable Still I carry on I don't want to I have to this will always be the way the story goes watching my chapters unfold in front of me without even lifting my pen I'll nod in agreement, I've willfully resigned Settling for that second skin It covers well and hides the empty The smiles and laughs that are no longer mine but forced to find their way to my face I'll put on a show for you I'll sit beside myself in disbelief shaking the head of this shadow I've become Watching the scales grow thicker And you won't notice a thing