I Will Always Love You

How can I tell you

How I feel inside

How do I let you in

I try and try

But you don't want to hear

Unlike me

You show your pain

Everyone near

Holds you dear

They see you cry

And they wipe the tears

I'm the person

Who is holding you close

Fearing you may leave me

I'm the one

Who tried to love you the most

Hoping that you would see me

Praying that soon

Maybe

You would hold me instead

But to this day

That time hasn't come

I stay here instead

And cry alone

No one hears my wails

No one sees the pain

I wear a mask

Sort of like you

But mine is permanent

So nothing shows through

I may be laughing

But a tear just ran down my cheek

I may be singing

But a wail is hidden beneath

I may be smiling

But that's all you can see

Or at least what you choose to see

I try to reveal the pain

The suffering

But you turn your eye

I try to let you see

What you are doing to me

I try let you know

That I need you to help me

I've thought about things

Things that truly scare me

I've thought of my body so cold

Head finally empty

I try to tell you

But you turn away

I think

Of what you would say

Wondering

Who would be the ones to cry

Questioning

If anyone would wish I had stayed

I think you might shed a tear

Maybe spare a memory

But in the end

I would be a story

That disappeared

I try to tell you

To let you know

But you are silent

As my words seem to fall

On deaf ears

Can't you all see

What you are doing to me

No

You just go

You run

You're gone

But I'm not

I stay for you

Because I still love you

Even though I'm dying

I try to bring you to life

I try everything to make you smile

I care

Even if you don't

I guess

What I want you to know

Is that I'm hurt

And you have hurt me too

But I don't care

Because I will always love you