You Don't Know Me

You say you know me, but you don’t. You have no idea how hard life can be for me. You see me smiling and laughing through each day, but you don’t see the tears running down my cheeks as if it were raining. Nor can you see the cracks in my heart, dripping blood like someone who has just been stabbed. People look at me but don’t see anything, it’s like I were invisible or didn’t exist. I stare and stare waiting for someone to recognize my feelings, but they all seem to turn away.