This Hurt Is Mine

This hurt is mine

I never said what lived inside my heavy head

It festered quietly, while I smiled instead

I wore a face that wasn't true

It smiled for them, but not for you

And I can't sleep

It cuts too clean

It's in my chest

I feel it bleed

They never heard the quiet breaks

The kind that snap but leave no trace

I held my hands in prayer

Looked at the sky

No answer came

And I kept asking why

My bones feel worn from holding weight

I learned to lie

To feel okay

To feel okay

And I can't sleep

It cuts too clean

It's in my chest

It claws beneath

This hurt is mine

I kept it deep

It bloomed in dark

It learned to speak