for is it not what life is?

Masquerade
Paper faces on parade
Hide your face
So the world will never find you

-Phantom of the Opera

Apology

Sometimes I wish I would get desperately sick
So instead of asking how my homework's doing
They'll ask how I am
Instead of seeing what subject i'm working on
They'll see me
Instead of checking my grades
They'll check up on me
But all this "me"
sounds so self-centered
And it is.
because this is just another teenage rant,
protesting about how we feel we're pushed too much
When all they want, is for us to be happy later
to have no regrets, to be successful
it's only a short part of our lives
such a small price to pay
but maybe it's different for others
and it's just me, being dramatic
but still. i want to tell them
I'm sorry.