The lies I feel like I’m telling everyday.

Coming to school,

Pretending everything’s ok.

I come here with the big fake smiles,

That none can read through.

The self-consciousness I have,

Trying not to show my wrist.

The little peaks people get but it goes right over their head.

Wanting to go home and go to sleep,

Wishing I wont wake up.

In my room away from everything,

Away from my dad,

Away from the abuse.

My music turned all the way up,

So none can hear me scream,

So none can hear me cry.

So I can still be the strong one in the family.

I curl down in my bed,

Hoping that things will be different in the morning.

I wake up and nothings changed.

Welcome to my life.