She wakes up,
paints the light across her face
Soft good mornings
in every crowded place
Laughs at jokes
that barely reach her eyes
Keeps the world convinced that she's
alright
But when the sun goes down
and the locks click tight The
silence crawls in like it owns
the night She smiles by day,
holds the world at bay
But the dark rolls in and
the memories stay
Every bruise that never showed on
skin Every empty room where love
should have been All the doors
that closed, all the hands that
left
Play on repeat while she's trying
to rest Smiles by day,
ghost by night
She answers texts with hearts and
careful care
Says "I'm fine" like it's the
only prayer People see the glow,
they never see the cost Of
carrying the weight of everything she
lost The phone goes dark,
the mask slips to the floor
And every old wound starts to
bleed once more She smiles by
day,
holds the world at bay
But the dark rolls in and
the memories stay
Every bruise that never showed on
skin Every empty room where love
should have been All the doors
that closed, all the hands that
left
Play on repeat while she's trying
to rest Smiles by day,
ghost by night They said "you're
strong," they said "you'll be okay"
But strength is just a face
she wears by day At night
she's small again,
a child in the cold Replaying
every story she was never told
The neglect that taught her how
to disappear
The abandonment that still lives here
She smiles by day,
holds the world at bay
But the dark rolls in and
the memories stay
Every bruise that never showed on
skin Every empty room where love
should have been All the doors
that closed, all the hands that
left Play on repeat while she's
trying to rest Smiles by day,
ghost by night
Still smiling by day,
still fighting the night
Maybe one day the night will
let her sleep Maybe one day
the ghosts will learn to leave
Until then, she smiles
And the dark keeps the receipts