Things Never Known

What is a fact
if it is not known?
What is a truth
if it isn't shown?
What is a life
without a care?
What is a thought
without declare?
What is inside
another mind?
What about
things left behind?

Why is it
you hide away?
Why is it
you don't stay?
Why can't you
show your darker side?
Why can't you
step back from your pride?
Why must you
be so distant?
Why can't you
stop being resistant?

How can you
keep it inside?
How could you
block it away with pride?
How can you
live in shadows of yourself?
How can you
take your pain off the shelf?
How do you
do it all the time?
How can you
bear the burden all this time?

Would you tell me
your deepest secret?
Would you tell me
if I promise to keep it?
Would you trust me
enough to let me in?
Would you trust me
with every single last sin?
Would you show me
all the pain you have?
Would you show me
the life I need to save?

Could you tell me
if something wasn't right?
Could I help you
see the hopeful light?
Could you ever
tell me not to shout?
Could you ever
leave me and shut me out?
Could I ever
know what you think?
Could you ever
show me what you think?

Are you ever
as lonely as me?
Are you ever
able to let me see?
Are you going
to show me your hidden life?
Are you going
to stab my hopes with your defensive knife?
Are you able
to leave your little town?
Are you able
to put your defenses down?

Should you show
me what you have inside?
Should I tell
you what I have to hide?
Should you want
to run from me?
Should I want
to show you what you can;t see?
Should you stay
inside your mind and live alone?
Should you leave
your shelter and change your tone?

Can you ever
show you have feelings?
Can you ever
let out out hidden meanings?
Can I ever
really get to know you?
Can I ever
get another chance to start anew?
Can we ever
be more than friends?
Can we ever
work it out in the end?

What is a fact
when it has been told?
What is a truth
when it grows old?
What is a life
when it is spent together?
What is a thought
that is known forever?
What is inside
a mind lost in time?
What about
the life you stole from mine?