But if you knew

By Jasper K •
You smile at me
And I smile back
But if you knew
How dead I was inside
You'd buy me a casket
And tell me you'll miss me
You laugh at things
So I follow you
But if you knew
How sad I was inside
You'd empty an ocean
And tell me to fill it again
With my own tears
You seem so care-free
And I try to be like you
But if you knew
How filled with dread
I am every day and night
You'd tell me to drown in it
So I would worry mo more
You only see half of me
The side I want you to see
But it's that other half
That will slowly die with me.