I'm Hiding Behind These Scars I'll Never Let You See

I'm hiding behind

These scars,

I'll never let you see.

It's not that I don't

Want to show you

Their pattern.

I'm afraid,

So afraid

Of your reaction.

Their pattern

That only scream,

"Monster!"

The hope in each cut.

Hope for my redemption.

Hope for my death.

I'm hiding behind

These scars.

I'll never let you see.

They are cuts of hatred.

I only hate me.

I only despise myself.

These common smiles

Fill my face.

There is a lie beneath them.

Pull up my sleeves.

You see these cuts?

They are for you.

Their pattern 

That only scream,

"Help!"

It's the silence that kills.

The not knowing

Of what is next.

They are all for you,

These scars that only I

Hide behind.