Didn't Want You To See Me Cry (Age 14)

This one is kind of embarrassing, just because it's so soppy and amateur-sounding, but I said I'd put it up anyway because I like some of the turns of phrase at the start and stuff. The theme is straightforward enough.

You know I try, through each trouble,
To protect you from the falling rubble
Which is our life, cracking, collapsing,
And slipping back, our illness relapsing.

I never meant for it to be this way,
To feel this sad 'til my dying day,
But somehow I know that I'll be fine,
I just didn't want you to see me cry.

My only fear of death is not for me,
But for my family and friends,
I know that now you can see me cry,
But I promise, it'll be better in the end.

It's alright to want to feel safe sometimes,
To want reassurance from that voice of mine,
But somehow I know that I'll be fine,
I just didn't want you to see me cry.

When I see the tears roll down your cheek,
And there's that heavy silence in the air,
And there's nothing to do to stop growing weak,
And there's nothing to say, just stand and stare.

I feel, for the first time in my life, alone and cold,
In this world where there's only me with no one to hold,
But somehow I know that I'll be fine,
I just didn't want you to see me cry.

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[BriAnna Wyble]

amazing