As I go deeper and deeper
Into the night
This feeling grows
Stronger and stronger

I just feel helpless
And useless
Like no one cares
And no one will

It all comes crashing down
In the dark of the night
To bury me
In my misery

In the light of the day
I hide
Beneath a smile
And a laugh

Not wanting anyone
To see me this way
Not wanting the attention
Or the pity

Wanting someone
To look past that
To look past the way I seem
And see who I am

They're all so self absorbed
And see only what's
Good for them
Not caring about anything else.

And I help that
I care about them
And what they feel
And what they think

I urge them to
Think of themselves
And not to trouble themselves
With the problems of others

To make themselves happy first
'Do what it takes
Don't let others stand in the way
Be who you want to be'

In the end
They do
And I
Get lost along the way.

~122799~