I tried...

I tried to be the way you wanted me to be.
But the truth was it wasn't me.
I tried to hold on.
Even after you were long gone.
Not a word.
I felt like a caged bird.
You left without a goodbye.
And still I ask myself why.
Why couldn't you like me for me.
Why does this stupid false person have to be.
But you wouldn't understand my pain.
You only overlooked my disdain.
Traces of you were left behind.
Traces of you still live in my mind.
I can't figure out why.
Maybe it's from that forsaken goodbye.
Like thunder and lightning it was just a flash.
Like an open flame my love for you burnt to an ash.
For you my flaws I hide.
For you I tried...