Tell me

I can't sit here and cry
with my heart in my hand
I can't sit there wishing
that you'd help me understand.

I won't sit here hoping
you'll still love me like before
I'll try to stop wishing
it's still me that you adore.

Maybe I'll stop trying
since it often never works
I'll never catch your love
in the shadows where it lurks

Why do you put on a mask
for everyone to see?
Why do you take it off
when it's just you and me?

You tell me things I want to hear
And you tell me it's all true
Then say different to everyone else?
What are you trying to do?

I can see the lust in your eyes
but what's really in your heart?
Why don't you tell me now?
before I fall apart.

By:Shawnna-Leigh Barbe