Chasing Shadows

I paint a smile to hide the cracks. But truth has a way of

crawling back. In every mirror, every sound. My past is there.

It pulls me down. I buried voices in my chest. I made peace

with all the rest. But late at night, they still return.

And some scars never learn. You can't outrun what lives inside. No matter how

hard you try. I've been chasing shadows through a world that never sleeps.

Trying to forget the pieces that still own a part of me.

They know my secrets, know my shame. Whisper every time it rains.