They don't know

I share pieces of myself

Like a patchwork quilt

A piece here and a piece there

No one ever knows the complete me

 

So many think they know me

I share a glimmer of my pain

Small pieces of the whole

But I hide the scars

 

I know

Just how strong I am

How strong I've had to be

And the ghosts that follow me

 

They will never know

Because I hold onto my mask

As I would my last breath

They don't know

 

How lonely it is to be me