you don't know

my eyes are a shade of bluey-green
you don't know what these eyes have seen
you see my tongue as I lick my lips
and you don't know who these lips have kissed
take my hands and trace each scar
try to guess when these hands last fought in war
place your finger upon my cheek
try to picture this face with tear stains streaked

you don't know me- no one does
i don't know when the last time I opened up was
no one will ever understand how I really feel
anyone who tries ends up crushed by my heel
my heart is far more complex then you know
i'll not tell a soul why, let true emotions show
one day though I might, if I think I can trust you
but it won't happen fast, for at this I'm still new

yet finally the day comes when my secrets I tell
i hear my voice echo like the ring of a knell
the words just spill out, each story, each tale
each lost dream and hope, each fear that I'll fail
then I learned something I knew not before
when my now trusted friend decided to even the score
i used to think no one would know how I felt
but really no one I knew let their own heart first melt