• I may be smiling, but inside I'm crying,
    I wear a mask of joy, yet inside I'm in pain.

    I live in sorrow, I dream in fear,
    I pretend to be happy, I act joyful.

    I sleep in agony, I wake to horror,
    I love the sun, yet my heart is ice.

    I have friends, I have enemies,
    I have nightmares, I have visions.

    I wear black, inside I cry,
    I wear white, inside I burn.

    I write this in sorrow, as I live in pain,
    I write this in sorrow, as you behold my life.

    I fight the battle, yet the war is lost,
    I forsee the end, yet I cannot change it.