All The World's A Stage

{Hidden pain seeping through cracks
Misery clutching at so many souls
Outwardly smiling, screaming inside
So many people losing all control}

There's the girl who has everything
Yet at night she listens to her parent's fight
Screaming, kicking, punching each other
She sits with tears in eyes closed so tight

Nobody knows of her broken home
Appearing always to have it all
Keeping a smile permanently in place
No one ever seeing her silently fall

There's the boy on his way to Oxford
He has the whole world in his hands
Surely he's going to be another Einstein?
Yet the pain he bears, no one understands

For behind closed doors it's another story
He has to cope with an alcoholic, violent dad
Listening to the stream of insults each day
He wonders how things ever became so bad

There's the beautiful, graceful girl
Always surrounded by a hundred friends
Yet not one of them would ever guess
Each day she prays for her life to end

Because each night she lives in fear
Of her step father creeping into her room
His hands crawling all over her flesh
Praying for it all to be over soon...

There's the boy considered a retard
Keeping his fake smile fixed in place
Pretending spiteful names don't hurt
Yet feeling his life is such a waste

And each day he'll cry when he's alone
Cursing all of the heartfelt pain and misery
Wondering why he can't just be accepted
Yearning every single second to be free

Then their's the girl who appears happy
She has so many wonderful plans for life
Yearning to make the world a better place
No one would guess she's engulfed in strife

She's coughing up blood and vomit each day
Morning, noon and night standing on the scales
"Nothing taste as good as thin" runs in her head
Barely touches food, become so weak and pale

{Hidden pain seeping through cracks
Misery clutching at so many soul's
Outwardly smiling, screaming inside
So many people losing all control}

People silently falling into despair
Consumed with so much anger and rage
Yet no one ever realizes what's happening
...I guess the whole world's become a stage

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