We all look the same in the dark

Faces painted black

You can never tell someone’s pain

When their tear-stained faces rain

White, hot streaks of flowing thoughts

That just seem to drown them.

We’re all the same in the dark

You can’t tell if someone’s genuinely happy

Or if they’re faking it

Or if they’re faking their fake happiness

To cover up a forbidden love of sorts

We all look the same in the dark

When their sun goes

& the moon slows

Enough to light our surroundings

But never our dim faces

We all look the same in the dark

The fear in our eyes is no more

The shine in our smile fades to black

Our thoughts, scattered, fill the silence,

We all look the same in the dark

& there’s nothing anyone can do abt that.