A 'Liar' Beneath All the Lies
Once, I glimpsed the other side of the world, Quivered down into the ditch of anxiety. Once touched by wrong, now everything feels tainted, I wish some friendships weren’t made, I am the one to blame.
Decisions I made, now scars and regrets, They shaped me into who I am, But was it worth losing who I was? I ain’t presenting vulnerability, But my life itself now has become a liability.
I’m not that same little girl with a sparkle in her eyes, Nor the milky smile, nor rosy-cheeked laughter, The one who chased butterflies under the sun. That girl lies buried in her room, Pressed into the mattress, wishing not to wake.
Here I am, in a stain of hopelessness, And the scent of something unknown beneath my skin. I’m sorry I let it happen, Sorry I slipped, dragging myself down, Until I became the ‘Liar’ I never meant to be.
So here I am, beneath the mask, A stranger to myself at last. Sorry for the truth you’ll never see— I became the ‘Liar’ to set you free.
-Y.C
