I’ve practiced this smile so perfectly now,

Each muscle knows its place,

A choreographed dance of fine tuned lies,

That never leaves a trace.

Behind these lips, a storm rages on,

A darkness none can see,

While they all praise how well I seem,

I’m drowning endlessly.

Remember when laughter wasn’t rehearsed?

When joy wasn’t made of glass?

Before I built these paper walls,

Android learned to let...

Once upon a time,

I gave you keys.

To every room inside my heart,

Believed your words like gospel truth,

Thought we’d never fall apart.

Remember how I trusted you?

Like rain believes in gravity,

Like stars believe in darkness,

Like fools believe in fantasy.

You wore your lies like summer clothes,

So casual, so easily worn,

While I collected broken pieces,

Wondering why I felt so torn.

You ...

When I look at you,

I see a dad who lost himself.

When I look at you,

I see a dad who had a dark, sad, empty heart.

When I look at you,

I see a dad who struggled in life for himself and his kids.

But when I look at you,

I also see a dad trying to find his way back to himself he had no luck.

But you see there was nobody there to up lift a dad who was giving up on himself, his kids and on l...