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Behind The Mask
A life filled with confusion
Dreams twisted with delusion
Escaping through the gap
Frantically trying to get back
Jumping every hurdle and missing it by one
Always assuming and believing it was easy for none

But when the chaos stopped
And everything just ceased
I felt my stomach drop
Like the old me was deceased

A part of me had died
Trying to fight so long
And all those tears I'd cried
From feeling I did not belong

Being told that I was strong
Singing the saddest song
Temporary pains felt too long
Finally finding out I wasn't wrong

Medications plagued me with psychosis
Syringes filled with lethal doses
Enabling hypnosis
Pouring into all my veins
Corrupting my aching brain
Bringing shame to my whole name
And...