A Shattered Shelf

No one will understand You don't even know yourself So you smile and you nod Keep hiding worries on the shelf You say you can't be brought down You tell yourself it's true But there's a doubt in your mind A darkness starting to brew The mind, body, and soul Seem to grow thoughts of their own Time builds disagreements Now the battle has grown Stack by stack, you try and File the thoughts away They pile, unattended And seem to start to sway Hidden so well, so deep No one can even see The inevitable mess That you're beginning to be So when the shelf gives way And the troubles start to fall Your tears might not make Any sense to them at all You're crashing to the floor And the pieces start to fly So confused, you can't even Look yourself in the eye The war with yourself, lost Facing the aftermath alone A broken shelf, a broken you The defeat you've always known. 12-4-2011