Misunderstandings

It happens
when we disagree,
when we cant seem to realize
how much we are hurting
each other
with words that we say
or leave unsaid.

I want to hurt you,
so that you'd understand
the pain that I'm
going through,
so that you'd come around to my view.

I don't want to hurt you,
so I keep my feelings trapped
screaming inside the empty vessel
of my heart,
so fiercely I cant even breathe.

I cant scream,
I want to cry,
I know I cant show any weakness
for you to hurt me;
I hide.

Where I hide I do not know,
I only feel the aching of my soul.
Cry, because I am hurt,
Cry, because I feel pain-
Cry, because you never understand-

My soul is torn in pieces,
pieces I never find.