Looking Deeper

Don’t pretend with me--
I see through you
You don’t know, but I know.
I know
what’s true and what’s not and
the look on your face says it all:

Don’t change yourself for me--
Because I know
It’s not just giving
It’s expecting something back

Don’t play these games with me--
It’s not entertaining
only aching
I’m too tired
and too afraid
To risk my heart on chance

Don’t say you think I’m beautiful--
Because no matter how
much you say it
I still feel ugly inside
It hurts me when you say it
but I still don’t dare
show you the truth.

Don’t tempt me--
One glimpse of loneliness
Doesn’t mean you know me
I know
How this goes
So don’t make me waver
With your smile

Don’t get close to me--
Saying you care
Asking what goes on
in this “pretty head” of mine
If you knew all the secrets buried
Here
I’m sure you would
Go crazy

Don’t say you love me--
NEVER
say those words
Because there’s always
an end
to loving
And a heart break waiting there.

Don’t pretend with me--
I know you’ve been hurt
I see through you
You don’t know, but I know
I know
What’s true and what’s not and
The look on your face says it all
That look you and I both share.

Seeing this
I open my mouth to tell you
Almost everything
The taste is just on the tip of my tongue
But I hesitate
And I breathe the words back in
Because not everything can be shared in an exchange of words
Some things
You have to learn on your own.