Pretend

PRETEND
By H.A. Handy
Copyright (c) 2005 by H.A. Handy

Pretend
Pretend
Pretend
Show the world what it wants
Pretend
Pretend
Pretend

That you are happy
Perhaps then the people who say they love you
Can see who you are inside

Pretend
Pretend
Pretend
Show them what they want
Pretend
Pretend
Pretend

Peace does not exist upon this earth
Sometimes I wonder if after
But can I speak these words?

Pretend
Pretend
Pretend
Show the face most happy
Pretend
Pretend
Pretend

Lost amid a thousand emotions
Wondering if any are Real
The Soul bubbling over

Pretend
Pretend
Pretend
Give them the answer they desire
Pretend
Pretend
Pretend

Hold the truth deep inside
Even if it is MY truth
Lock it away, because no one wants it

Pretend
Pretend
Pretend
That life really does matter
Pretend
Pretend
Pretend

Always compared to someone else
Never quite accepted for the self
Hope...disappearing

Pretend
Pretend
Pretend
Pain no longer exists
Pretend
Pretend
Pretend

Raw and unemotional
Seething to the core
Sad beyond expression

Pretend
Pretend
Pretend
Nothing said can hurt
Pretend
Pretend
Pretend

Take everything in good grace
Nothing out of turn
Not even the back handed compliments

Pretend
Pretend
Pretend
It doesn’t matter someone else compliments
Pretend
Pretend
Pretend

Pretend you can take it
Pretend you are fine
Nothing truly matters
Just the feast the worms will dine

Pretend
Pretend
Pretend
Everything is fine
Pretend
Pretend
Pretend


-- 12/17/05