Pretend

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I am pretend

I am not the sweet smiles and happy laughs
The crinkling eyes and beaming paths
Nor the quick wit and sunny quotes
Or wistful dreams and sappy hopes

I am pretend

I am not the tears falling like rain
The sobs oh so full of pain
Nor the claw marks on my wrists and neck
Or a hopeless soul and despair filled wreck

I am pretend

I am not the rage coursing through my veins
The blood in which my anger drains
Nor the bruises of Wrath filled fights
Or the product of blood boiling nights

I am pretend

I am not real or fully true
I am only a false shaped view
And no matter what I do
I'll never be you

I am pretend
The truth I bend
My heart, I rend
I am pretend

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