Solecism

• Revekah Regalado
• Poetry
• 2016

It was all a mistake
Everything here was fake
Nothing at all made sense
Every word left me tense
Monsters spoke in my head
Lies and insults they fed
But somehow they were true
I didn’t know what to do

So I left them behind
In the back of my mind
But I knew deep inside
I needed to confide
Confide each of my fears
Or I’d burst into tears
But keeping things buried
Helps me be less worried

So a smile’s on my face
Not sure whether it’s fake
I try keeping it real
But still hide what I feel
Because deep down I know
It’s the only way so
People cannot judge me
For the broken feelings they see…