Locked Away

How can I control myself?

Knowing that one day I might snap

I might hurt someone I love dear

Or hurt me instead

I shove all my feelings down

I lock them all away

Knowing someday that I might thank myself

Not for choosing to get rid of what makes us human

But for wearing a mask that makes me likable

so that I would never suffer the pain

of losing someone I love

(never again)