Truth is denied at times
When heart doesn't admit
Though the mind wants to.

People called me weak
They knew not that
My childhood was bleak
And I was a courageous freak.

Drunken dad
Weeping mother
And a hopeless child
Was my acute achy girlhood.

I told you my heartaches
Cause I can use it
When I wanted a reason
To avoid you.

I am speaking to my mom
I said - in the late hours
Lying that my dad
Came home drunk.

All my nonsensical lies
Did not work this time
As you grew more conscious
About my skills in fakery.

The other day I pretended
I went home earlier in the evening
To give a break to myself
From acting too much.

You burst out later that day
When you discovered me
Hanging out with someone else
That totally shattered you.

You, even so restrained
Yourself from telling me
You caught me red handed
Still waiting for secrets to unfold.

You were then not a fool
After clearly seeing the facts.
You did not wanted your love
To vanish in a moment.

So you waited and waited
For this long war to end
Cause you've always wanted
To show me what love is!