Walking Away From Pain

Honesty, the best policy

at odds with a desire to hide

to protect others

from our unvarnished opinions

which are an incomplete picture of reality

we can't really hide

though we all play a game

where the truth is unspoken

yet we both know what's wrong

what hurts

we've all been hurt

I can see the hurt and pain

I know what those defenses are

I believe in you though, cast off all of that self doubt

It's hard, I know

Just walk forward

If you destroy yourself, then you destroy a part of me

I believe in you

Still