Scars of Life

She has a clouded heart,

An anxious fearful soul,

Memories of shattered past

Always in control.

The day is always Halloween,

A mask across her face,

Pretending is her highest skill

Her laugh helps her replace.

The scars of life shine in her eyes

Mind jailed, it can't be free

She cries when she can be alone

She'll never let you see.

She wants to love the man she's found,

But fears that she will fail,

His love is pure, a breath of light,

Almost too surreal.

She wants to share her fears with him,

Instead she builds a wall,

Slight space beneath it's foundation,

In hopes that under it he'll crawl.

Anxiety eats at her felsh,

Her soul it wants to scream,

What does this man see in her

When she is only me?