I dumped myself into the lake

To me, never true

A mirage of acceptance, a masquerade

A self abandoned, my true personality betrayed

A frozen silent expanse,

Where muted words lie in a frigid trance

Constrained and restrained, feelings smothered deep

Beneath a facade, my secrets I keep

A distant echo of inaudible words,

A dance of shadows where true feelings aren’t heard

The surface serene, a deceptive disguise

But beneath it all, a storm of silent cries

A echo reverberates, a fervent sigh

Upon a frozen lake, a crack nearby

A melody unfolds, the silence it breaks

My inner self, its stillness forsakes

In my desperate attempts, my heart dismayed,

To shroud my truth, I pray for winter to stay

A gasp suppressed, a desperate plea,

To silence the echoes that reveal the real me

But in the end, when spring has won,

The ice will melt, under the sun

Sprouting weeds, tempting hands to stray

Revealing ugly truths winter did sway

I immersed my being in the lake,

Muffled my voice, for your sake.

Beneath the ice, my identity drowned,

A sacrifice made, in love’s coffin, bound

Have I lost myself,

Or have I gained you?