Ink & Tears

Damage Observed

Don't mind the scars I try to hide

Whether they are dermis or inside

Don't mind the cracks across my lips

From the thousand smiles devised

Do you see my crow's feet

Growing deeper where my lashes meet

Squinting to crush the tears

But the languished liquid still leaks

Please don't judge my silence

There's an emotional battle of violence

I keep this distance for my safety

For there is no worthy recompense

I fight through another day

Of what ifs and what would they says

I fear my damage is under a microscope

For the world to judge or praise

Please don't look too close

I'm afraid of what you'll see

Will it be the smiling bubbly me

Or the scars that rage like the sea.