A Fake

Truly, I'm dead inside

But I want everyone to think I'm happy, that I'm positive.

I only fibbed, it's a lie

Since no one has been supportive

I put on a mask

in fear

I just want to hide, that's all I ask

I can feel it going down my cheek, a tear.

Sorrow deprives me of hope

Without the love, it's all taken away

I'm on a steep slope

All I can do is pray

I see a pure white dove

As bright as the day

I see a dove full of love

Right before it's taken away

I know I'm one of the fakes

I'm not who I am

Inside it really aches

All I can do is scram

I put up a screen

I don't let them see me

Just that normal, average teen

That's what I plea

I know how fake I am

I know this isn't the real me

I say to myself, "Get with the program,"

I wish I was free