SOMETIMES I WANT TO CRY

Cassius McPherson


Sometimes I wonder what it was that caused me to feel this way.
I sit with my head buried deep in my hands hoping soon it will go away.

My heart beats rapidly in my chest then it's followed by an ache.
Sometimes I want to cry cause the loneliness keeps me awake.

I pull the covers way up over my head to protect me from the night.
Sometimes I want to cry instead I hold my pillow tight.

I bury my face in my pillow trying to suffocate the pain.
But no matter how hard I try it seems to come right back again.

I try so hard not to give in to it but it's eating away at my will.
A lonely shell of a man here stands now defeated is how I feel.

The teardrops fill the wells of my eyes then roll gingerly down my face.
Thou I shouldn't be crying over love past tense oh what precious time I waste.

I've rolled myself up in my emotions to my inner being it means a lot
For my tears are very secret to me my tears are all I got.

I cherish the solitude that I have for one reason I'll tell you why.
It's all I have to hold on to that’s why sometimes I want to cry.