What he'll never tell you.
I've always kept my secrets
I've always kept my word
But this tale I'm about to tell you
Is much too absurd
And all just too hurtful
For me to keep inside
So I'm afraid this is one secret
That I'll have to not hide
The boy with blonde hair
and perfect blue eyes
That you can't help but love
And at the same time despise
Told me a secret
I'm afraid I must share
So that you wont feel alone
All you 'misunderstood' ones out there
The boy with the tan
The designer labels and smile
With the body of a man
Has the delicate soul of a child
I know this for sure
And I swear to the grave
He said this to me
One night in a drunken rage
Coming home from a party
He stormed up to my room
And with frustrated tears in his eyes
He showed me the truth
Pulling up the sleeves
Of his designer shirt
He showed me the scars
He told me how it hurt
He spoke of the shame
How he wanted to end it
He told me of the lies
How much he regrets it
He said he was sorry
For how much pain he had caused
To the so proclaimed 'freaks'
He had tormented in the halls
As I held him in my arms
As he shook with sobs of regret
He was silent after that
But I heard the rest of what he said
I heard the things he didn't say
Screaming out the regretfullness
I saw it in his eyes
Begging me for forgiveness
Begging for demise
For a moment I just stood there
I never thought it could be
That the perfect boy with the designer tags
Could be just like me?
But feeling the tears seeping through my shirt
I required an understanding
Of all his pain and suffering
Hidden behind the Abercrombie padding
So you can guess my utter shock
When I returned to school
To find him back to his normal personality as a Jock
Acting like a fool
Returning to his bullying
Trying to be 'cool'
I thought we really had something
Some kind of understanding
But all this boy was showing to me
Was ignorance and demanding
But as I was turning away
With misery on my face
His eyes caught mine as if to say
All he wished for was peace
And for a moment I swear
Instead of seeing a Jock
I briefly saw that broken boy
That I so easily forgot
And to this day I swear again
That if you look closely
You'll see the very things I saw
Just listen and smile openly
Because behind that confident smile
And those designer threads, too
Are the words that he so desperately hides
The things he'll never tell you.
There’s A Monster in Me
The monster in my soul
That's screaming to get out
Has a message for you to know
It wants to kill, but I won't let it out
For now I'll seethe silently with dread
Harmless yet harmful
But I cant hold it forever in my head
This monster of shame is hungry for pain
It wants revenge
It's driving me insane
How long can I keep it locked up inside?
How far will I run?
For how long can I hide?
I keep telling myself it will pass and leave
But as I look in the mirror
Revenge calls out to me
It hurts to be pushed aside
To that much I'll admit
Someday I'll lash out
I'll cave in from all this Sh*t
I hate living lies
I can't stand to pretend
But in the end it's much better
Than losing a friend
The monster in me is beginning to show
And as time passes
What I thought
Becomes what I know:
This 'monster' I speak of
That faces killing with glee
Is no monster at all
All along, it was me
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