From Within

You look at at me and what do you see,
cheerful smiles and happy faces,
a person with polite manners,
or even good graces

this is not who i am,
i am not what you see,
look beyond my smiles,
to the true me

the me who suffers,
the man who can cry,
the me who sits on the roof,
and wonders why

why i am this way,
why the world does not see,
how i blame it for my faults,
screaming why have you forsaken me

why have you left me in darkness,
left me a broken guy,
shredded to pieces,
waiting to die

pain consumes me,
clouds my mind,
eating away,
leaving emptiness inside

so here i am,
this is me,
the man inside,
is not what you see.