Deadly - Poetry

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I lay under this crazy roof, where lies curl up around every living creature, with sharp teeth and empty mouth

You can put on your lipstick and wear your pretty dress
But that will never change
That will never cover
All the pain you live to cause
All the dreams you tear apart

And maybe you don't scream to be heard
Maybe you really don't believe in the words you say
But you say them anyway
And I'll be damned if I let you get away with that

Yet somehow I find myself
Slipping through the edges
Lying under the bed
Hiding behind closed doors
Trying to pretend

That everything's fine
Everything's ok
But no one taught me how to smile
I'll have to learn by myself

And tonight I dream about places where I have never been
There's a whole life for me out there
And I hate you for keeping it in the highest shelf
Where I can never reach but I know it haunts me from above

Someday I'll be tall enough
And when I get there it will be just as useless as it is now
Still I'll shove it in your face
Show you all the scars I carry
For trying to climb a mountain too high
I could never reach it
But I'd hate myself if I didn't try