Can We Pretend?

Can we pretend,one last time?
I know it is wrong,but it has to be done.
No one must know
when the bruises had begun.

Can we pretend we are happy?
People are coming by
I know that they might ask
Why do I look like I always cry.

Can we act like the perfect pair?
No bruises,no pain,
no crying,just for today.
You promised,you sweared.

Can we be happy ever again?
We haven't been since our wedding day.
Haven't I done enough?
I try so hard,yet it's all in vain.

Can you stop hitting me?
I've had enough.
I do so much it hurts my soul.
I gve you all,can't you see?
Of course you do,you just don't believe
That maybe one day I will leave.

Maybe I will,maybe I won't.
But,honey,who knows?
Maybe I'll get tired
Like a gun that just fired.
Maybe I'll storm off.
But you don't care enough.

I'm better off dead
that,I know.
Yet the past chained my heart
And here I am
Bloody,bruised and dead
I lay on the floor.
Not that I care though.
I was long before,dead.

Its funny,know why?
It all started with a:
"Can we just pretend...?"