Only If I Knew

Here’s to love, here’s to betrayal

Broken promises have become a grail

Fake emotions and fake expressions

Fabricated and tailored confessions

Tricks so good, you can’t escape

Persuasion comes in every shape

You don’t know the truth behind

And they come and prank your mind

They break the boundaries you set

And very carefully spread the net

To catch your faultless pounding heart

To trap you with their unfailing art

Here’s to love, here’s to tears

The silent cries that no one hears

Masking helps but not for long

You start slipping and all goes wrong

Not every story ends with tears

Only if you brush off your fears

And stand amid the crowd

Breathing deep, feeling proud

Feeling proud that you survived

And could see the other side
To decipher the right from the wrong
Standing up and staying strong