The Tempest

Images flash and emotions roil
Ever-changing in my mind
Hopping from one topic to another
No peace, No peace will they ever find

When I close my eyes the colors flood in
Never just black like you would expect
But bursts of crimson and blues, yellows and greens
Always mixing, always changing, always blending

Yet you see me, but you don't
The turmoil that I live
The pain that I endure
Boiling beneath my skin

It tries to rise and escape
But is always held in check
Behind the many masks I wear
Something you would never expect

I'm an enigma to you
Something you try to figure out
Something you want to understand
But an answer that will always elude you

I am just a simple creation
Who's emotions are tied in knots
Giving what I have to give
But always being told it's never enough

So, I'll bottle up whats inside me
To do otherwise would make me insane
Always seething and boiling
Behind my smiling mask

As we go on living
Our two separate lives
Always keep an eye out
I'm dying , I'm dying inside