Mental Illness

When life is tough

And love is down

And all I have

Is a tearful frown.

 

Keep on my mask

Don't let them see

All the pain I feel

That just won't flee.

 

Throw down the blade

Clean up the blood

Wipe up the tears

And stop the flood.

 

Don't be selfish

Don't " oh woe is me "

No one cares

So don't let them see.

 

Who am I kidding?

What keeps me here?

When I'm ball and chained

By depression and fear.

 

It runs my life

I'm at the end of my tether

Life's falling apart

And I can't hold it together.

 

The anger inside me

It boils away

Is my sadness and fear

Here to stay?

 

Let me go in peace

Let the pain wash away

I want to lay my head down

And not see another day.

 

I want to say goodbye

Be a burden no more

To feel no fear, no pain

To feel no sorrow for sure.