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Poker Face
by David Pekrul
copyright 07-11-2006


Age Rating: 10 to 127

 
I wear my sober ‘poker face’,
While staring straight ahead,
And those who meet me stare right back,
And fill my heart with dread.

For on the outside I look strong,
But inside I am weak,
I put on airs that all is well,
Yet knowing all is bleak.

I cannot let them know the truth,
I live a constant lie,
And when they ask me how it is,
I give them my reply.

I tell them all is wonderful,
And everything is fine,
And life is as it ought to be,
Its ‘oyster’ is all mine.

But if they stopped to look real close,
They’d see through my charade,
And then the clouds would open wide,
And rain on my parade.

I keep my ‘poker face’ with me,
Wherever I may go,
And keep my feelings bottled up,
And never let them show.

And just as poker is a game,
Where some win, others lose,
I think that I am winning, but
It’s just a damned excuse.

For I am rather terrified,
To open up my heart,
For last time that I opened it,
They tore it all apart.

So now I live my life alone,
And stay inside my shell,
And though they think my life is great,
It’s just a living hell.


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07-16-2006 Greg Kis    

Dave- In this day and age of impersonal behavior more and more people have lost the art of verbal communication... You are not one them. This is a superficial world that doesn't seem to care who we really are- so we hide and smile. Really Good! Greg Kis
07-11-2006 Brian Dickenson    

This flows along well, totally unforced.
It describes most of us I think.
We all show one face to the world, but not usually the real one.
It's what lies behind the mask that is the truth.
Brian.
07-11-2006 Jessica P.    

This reminds me of some people, but you know, life can be cruel, but it's the good times that are worth remembering, not the bad ones. And if you always keep your feeling bottled up one day you're just going to explode, and that's even worse.

Really great job on this I loved it and it has a lot of truth to what so many people go through and look through.
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