JOKER

"yes, I'm ready."

its no use, they won't see.

I've painted over my pain again..

today it's worse than yesterday

and tomorrow won't be good either.

but, they won't see..and why should they?!

I'm a Joker.

just another juggler.

another comic gimmick.

a break from their own pains-

their little worlds of misery.

I fall, they laugh.

I run, they hoot.

I juggle, they expect-

another mistake,

another failure,

a chance to disagree

that, right now,

I am their personal God!

how can I show them

that I'm just as frail?

I'm just as frightened.

I'm just another person

running away from my own demons..

I cannot let them see

that I'm just as broken.

I cannot let any identification seep in...

for,

I am the JOKER...