Feeling Blue

I look at you
and I can see it in our face
you think you hide it,
but I see you.

I see the hurt
the dark circles beneath your eyes
and the quiet plea
dancing on your bottom lip,
too afraid to be voiced
too afraid to be heard
because you're too afraid
to be hurt

and I just want to take you
assure you
console you
tell you things that you'll believe
but you don't seem to believe
anything anymore
because you have been deceived
far too many times

so I'll just look at you
and see the pain in your fake smile,
and I'll smile back
and I'll hear the attempted deception

I know you're broken inside,
I can see it in your face
I can see it in your eyes

~MK