Nobody

Nobody knows what it is like to be me-

tattered and torn

desperate to be free;

Nobody knows my face is a lie,

a mask to hide behind

comedy told with empty eyes,

no flicker inside

Nobody hears

the wails and screams I hold inside

or the implosion, explosion

in my heart and mind

Nobody hears

the remaining fragments of me

breaking in me-

no one knows you are taking me down