what i don't seewhat you don't see
you don't think about
my smiling face
my polite words
my courage
my silliness
my anger
resentment
fear
doubt
anxiety
you expect
you know
what you don't see
you don't think about
the silent tears
the swallowed pain
the dazed confusion
paralysing fear
deafening scream
maddening silence
suffocating loneliness
empty bravado
consumes me
inside
and out
what you don't see
you don't think about
what i don't see
won't hurt me
what i don't see
won't hurt me
that i believe
i must
what i don't see
won't hurt me
