Throw Off the Lies

Today sorrows prowl the world
Looking for a mind in which
There is a minute opening
To take up a new residence
A man walks through the streets
Wearing a smile whose edges are strained
And a girl watches him go from her
Hers too a smile but betraying pain
The sun glitters deceptively
For in the air a bitter cold
Sucks life from longing lungs
Stings tears from sightless holes
A smile is plastered on the world
Like a suffocating hand
Covering the tears and muting the screams
Of desperate protests and hopeless demands
And I claw at my lips to remove the lies
And I scream at the world to open its eyes
I reject the false and safe disguise
And stumble alone to a painful demise