Underneath The Mask

Figure out your own meaning. Poems are not about being handed the answer. They are about finding it on your own.

Underneath the Mask

Feeling as though my heart ha been ripped from my chest

scared

afraid

alone

no one understands

no one ever will

wanting to tell someone

but I won't

I can't

It hurts to say nothing

but more to say something

my head constantly spinning

my thoughts constantly wandering

no one can feel the way I feel

no one can hurt the way I hurt

yet I keep going

hiding my feelings

hiding myself

it's eating away at me

but I let it keep going

I must be strong

but I feel weak

I cover pain with fake smiles

and weakness with strength

I am not what it seems

Underneath the Mask

Author's Note

Feedback? This is my first poem, how did I do?