If Love Is Real

Your eyes are filled with fake stars,
To hide your heart,
Mangled as it is with scars.

Your smile is filled with joy,
But you're an actor,
You haven't truly smiled since you were a boy.

Your life is like a sequence of horrible dreams,
They say you'll go far,
But your mind is ripping at the seams.

Then suddenly she appears,
An angel broken,
Older than her sixteen years.

She hides behind no mask,
Her pain flows freely,
And in her honesty you bask.

If her presence is soothing when she's hostile,
You wonder what it would be like,
To feel the presence of her smile.

And suddenly you have a mission,
You'll make her laugh just once,
Because if love is real; she's the definition.

And in front of only her you drop your cloak,
She sees your pain,
And somehow fixes what was broke.

But she's still lost in agony,
Refuses to trust,
In danger of losing her sanity.

At times it seems an impossible feat,
But slowly you wrap around her trampled heart,
And fight harder when she retreats.

You won't let her have her way,
Till she learns that she is worth your love,  
And for her lonely heart you pray.