Compliment

You said that I was good at hiding my feelings

And when I smiled you said it wasn’t a compliment

“Can we try it again, from the very start?”

I wondered how much worse it could get

I was holding out for a kinder heart

It’s a choice I didn’t regret

You said that I was good at hiding my feelings

And when I smiled you said it wasn’t a compliment

I’ve never been too good at dealing with

Confrontation

But I said what I really meant

And we’ll never talk again

I said the winter months had me down again

You said “what did you expect?”

That time you told me you wanted more

Was about the time I left

So it goes

Every time I’ve hurt myself

Was a result of having hurt

Somebody else

You said that I was good at hiding my feelings

And when I smiled, you said it wasn’t a compliment

You said if I’m depressed, you don’t wanna see me

I never smiled, could you see the significance?

Are you finally hearing this?