Are you ok?
Funny you should ask
Do you really care?
Well let me tell you
My heart is shattered
My voice is gone
My tears have dried
There is no trace
The words I\'ve been given
Stuffed in a hole
The ideas that spark
Put out by life
The horrors of reality
The simplicity of death
A breath is stifled
Before it could live
Am I ok?
No, indeed not
My heart has fallen
Into the haze
My smile
A thing of the past
My laugh
Tainted by sorrow
The words on my lips
Shall never be uttered
The truth in my soul
Hidden forever
The story of my life
Written before lived
Has a ending so near
If only I could read it
The stars in their knowledge
Seem so very far
A wish to be granted
Only once more
Death is an allure
Life is reality
Pain passes on
Still scars bear the tale
Of one who lived
Who braved the world
And kept their heart
Broken evermore
Yet those scars
Are what Shame and people use
To break you down
And glue you into
What is acceptable
And right for them
And once they see
A crack in the armor
They push in deeper
And blame you for breaking
Pulling you apart piece by piece
Until they see what\'s underneath
Then they turn away
And deny the truth
Because they see what they want to see
No one knows you were made this way
But do you care?
Are you listening?
Or am I just a box
To check on your way?
Would you really stay here
If you saw the real me?
Will you let me cry
Without drying my tears?
No you won\'t
And thats alright
I\'m used to being alone
I really don\'t mind
If you feel better
Talking to me
By all means
Let me brighten your day
I know someday
Someone will ask
Are you ok?
And you will lie
Everyone does it
It\'s what\'s expected
No one needs to hear
No wants to care
You have chains
So do I
From birth until death
Together we fight
In our own ways
Defying destiny
But for now our paths sever
Until we meet again
Are you ok?
I\'m fine
You sure?
...yea