silent battles

Silent battles fought alone
Safe inside this empty home
Hidden feeling rise to view
To show the world the real you
But safely tucked where none can see
This truth is safe the secret me
Would show itself but none will know
Just how the battle ebbs and flows
A brief release the shadow falls
The sad and lonely forlorn calls
A cry a sob and shattered dream
The truth will out it rarely seen
And once again the act begins
The mask is drawn to cover sins
The past forgotten future bare
And no-one guesses that he’s there