It's hard to be alone when surrounded

It's not about the words, nothing is exaggerated

It's just the cold bitter truth

Something one shouldn't be aware of in their youth

But here I am

Standing alone;

It wasn't always like that.

But how many times can you fall and stand;

When the ground is uneven 

And no one is there to hold out their hand?

No mercy this cruel world knows;

The people I once called friends are now my foes.

It's a cruel world we live in;

It wants to take but not give.

But at one point you'll be empty

With a forced smile on your gaunt face.

How long can you keep pretending?

How long are you gonna bend?

How long will you keep hurting?

Sometimes bending people can break.

Selfish, greedy,

Want more, needy;

It's a cycle we aren't able to break.

Living but lifeless,

Smiling with sadness;

But we keep making the same mistakes.

Look back over your shoulder

And tell me one day where you smiled for yourself;

Not in the mirror, not for your partner;

Not in a crowd but in a dark corner;

Where no one could see, but you felt it in you,

The sense of being happy, something worth holding on to?