Hollow

I want to cry, I need to cry
But tears, they just won't fall.
My body is racked with despair
My tear ducts blind to it all.

I feel as though that small release
Of tears falling as rain
Would help to wash away my fears
My loneliness and pain.

I feel so hollow, like a shell
A husk of deserved life
It's as though there's no-one else
Who's felt this angst and strife.

Although I wish for tears to come
And they refuse to leak
I'll put on a mask of happiness
To hide the pain I seek.