Exposed

How much can you take
of the lying and cheating?
can you brush it off
and just keep going?
or do you stop it
before it gets serious?
do you keep the pain
buried down inside you
hoping no one notices?
or do you express
yourself and just hope
they are still there after?
as for me,
i have made a choice.
i will keep it to myself
never letting you or anyone know
how much i am dying inside.
never exposing the true me
in fear of not being accepted.
never letting my guard down
just to end up being hurt
when i am most vulnerable.
i have been down that road
and I'm not going back,
not looking back
and hoping that the past
wont come back to me.
i am different now
and i like the new me
the better me.
the tough girl on the outside
but scared to death
on the inside.