BrokenEssence

When you're lost in a heartless world And no one seems to see what you need When they all look and you and see happiness Straight through all the pain To the core, the core child But, that child hasn't run free in a while That child has lived These past few weeks These past few months In a hole In your heart Calling out for contact For closure But no one sees her Just happiness No one sees the layer of grief The layer of cold flesh They see the layer existing to please The layer begging to be torn away The layer pleading to expose the truth The hopes and dreams that lie beneath Hiding from the cruel world that would soon