Hidden Bruise

I can laugh with the glass still in Stand up straight, let nobody in Wear a calm like pressed black cloth Keep the damage where it doesn't talk Everything looks clean enough Nothing broken from above But the wrong tone, the wrong room, the wrong door Turns the ache electric to the core You won't see the color till you press You won't know the place until it flares Hidden bruise You can't see it but it blooms Every time the pressure moves Every time the room gets close Hidden bruise Under skin and out of view Every little thing goes through Like the bluntest things cut deepest Hidden bruise I can wear the day without a sign No confession dragging through my lines But a careless word, a narrowed hall Can find that place and set it off All it takes is a shift in tone Too much nearness, nowhere to go And I'm back with my jaw locked hard Trying not to let it show in sparks You won't hear it till the pulse goes sharp Till the silence starts to leave its mark Hidden bruise You can't see it but it blooms Every time the pressure moves Every time the room gets close Hidden bruise Under skin and out of view Every little thing goes through Like the bluntest things cut deepest Hidden bruise It doesn't shout It doesn't glow It just keeps score beneath the skin It waits for weight It waits for tone Then lets the whole ache answer in Not every wound wants witness Not every scar goes loud Some things stay half-buried And still run everything around Hidden bruise You can't see it but it blooms Every time the pressure moves Every time the room gets close Hidden bruise Under skin and out of view But I feel every shade of blue Like the bluntest things cut deepest Hidden bruise