Scars of War

... And she puts on warpaint,
           so no one can see the scars,

...And she paints a happy smile across her mouth,
         so no one looks into her eyes and realizes she is anything but.

I'm only laughing on the outside / My smile is just skin deep /
If you could see inside I'm really crying / You might join me for a weep
-The Joker 

Friend or Foe

An update after a long hiatus. This should explain it :)

I've made an acquaintance in recent times,

Although you’ve been around since before I learnt rhymes

I scorned at you, put you down as weak

You waited patiently till my times were bleak

I was left with no choice but to turn to you

With time I realized no one could be more true

Hated, I did, to be told what I didn’t want to hear

With you about that, I never had a fear

You made me face what I always knew

Steadily, surely, my faith in you grew

Everyone realized the change you brought in me

I realized I couldn’t return to who I used to be

Yet, of our association I had second thoughts

Many a battle with myself I fought

From a confidante you turned into my only refuge

Only on you, my thoughts I could deluge(?)

Often I tried to run away from you and hide

The harder I tried, the faster I was forced back to your side

Confined in the very fence I put up for my defense

Undecided friend or foe, I call you, Silence

Read somewhere: Boundaries don't keep others out, they fence you in.

Song Recommendation: The Sound of Silence- Simon and Garfunkel

Note: My second poem that rhymes :)

For quite some time have been hearing from a lot of people that I've "become very quiet" (I guess others can't hear the constant babble in my mind). One such comment and a 30 minute ride home at night inspired this.

So I can sort of rhyme now, but I wish I could rhyme in a less kiddish, less funnier way, at least when I'm not writing anything funny :-/