Different Worlds

When you see the sunset
What a beautiful sight to behold
But I see the same sunset
And I can already feel the deep cold

You see, we live very different lives
More different than you know
But I can tell you a tiny bit
About my little freak show

At night, you relax into the mattress
Feeling like you can finally breathe
But I feel the pressure and pain everywhere
Pushed against the bed beneath me

When you wake, you feel refreshed
Ready to take on the whole world
I wake, and stretch and crack and moan
And hope they still see a smiling girl

You take a shower, you dry your hair
You throw on the clothes you need
All the while I take my time
Listen to your body is what they heed

I walk real slow, with old painful hips
As you slow your pace to match mine
You don’t know what pain I’m hiding
While I do my best to shine

Somedays you think, oh it’s not that bad
I stopped whining about my every pain
I let you be naive and shrouded
For the smile I keep is feigned

We live in such different worlds
Somedays I know you don’t see it
You’ll forget these days soon
But for me this will always be it

These different worlds are veiled
You think you see it all
But you only see what I let you see
You could never possibly see it all