Pain lurks in the shadows like a silent stalker

Elusive to most attempts to capture it

You build a wall, a fortress in hopes of hiding it from the world

Brick by brick you convince yourself it is now gone

Tap Tap Tap

It is persistent creating cracks

Flickers of a song, a picture even a memory slips through

You feel a tremble deep inside

It feels like a silent earthquake shaking the foundation

Will the dam break

How long can you keep up the repairs

You plaster a smile on your face

The kind of smile that does not reach the eyes

The ebb and flow like the waves of an ocean

It never really heals nor does it go away

You know you are not living

You are simply surviving