Meanings

Words are a veil

People hide behind them

To assume before you know

Is to believe what isn’t true

But how to tell

What’s real

A mischievous smile

Or an innocent grin

A snide remark

Or a simple statement

Why is it so hard

To decipher the meaning

Behind everything

I over analyze

Every word that leaves a mouth

Searching for disdain, dislike

Almost like I want to find them

To have an excuse

For being alone

Words slip out of my mouth

I can’t pull them back in

Horror runs through my veins

Hoping they won’t leave

After seeing the darkness

That runs in my thoughts

Through my head

The words

“Be yourself”

 Are so easily said

Yet can be so misinterpreted

So hard to accomplish

Pretending to be something you’re not

Until you are

Mimicking, faking, they’re all the same

They all change you

For better

Or worse

You’re different than the way you were

The meaning behind

Every word you say

Changes the longer

You pretend

Being yourself around others

Unfurling your petals

Makes you vulnerable

You feel like curling up into a ball

And never coming out of it

People come and go

You still feel the same

Can you only trust in yourself

Will everyone let you down

The questions turn in your mind

As you stare at your ceiling

Watching the fan spin around and around pointlessly

Like it’s trying to tell you

You’re doing the same

Don’t waste your time