the lie I became v2

spoke in riddles, I played pretend,

Hiding the truth I couldn't defend.

A smile, a mask, a passing phrase,

Just shadows dancing in empty days.

I whispered sorrow like it was a game,

A story told without a name.

But echoes linger, they never fade,

And now I'm trapped in the words I made.

I laughed at the lie, but now I live it,

A fate I wrote—I can't outlive it.