TearsI struggle with myself to keep them insideThe feelings that I have tried to deny.I tell everyone that I am okayWhen I battle to make it through each day.In my world of illusions where everything was rightI cried myself to sleep each night.You notice the tears filling my eyesAs I begin to shed my shallow disguise.My pain, confusion and a few of my fearsDrop to the ground in the form of my tears.It feels so good to release the emotions built upTo say what I feel instead of bottling them up.As I cry a weight seems to lift from meI feel so much better now that you can see.And now that you know what it is that I feel