All Glitter, Not Gold

Help me walk down memory lane
'Cos I like meeting you
Help me laugh out plain
Till I become blue
All Glitter, Not Gold
Describe me in a word
And I bet you would say,
'It's you I see,when I open my eyes'.
All Glitter, Not Gold.

Is there a way to wash the scales off your face?
Tell me, I'm clueless
Nothing is  perfect
At least not yet
All you see is
All Glitter, Not Gold

I'm human
I cry
I struggle
I fall too
But you are too keen on the Glitter-
My outward posture of nonchalance
That you fail to understand
I'm Not Gold
At least not yet.....

All Glitter, Not Gold
Sensitive to all things harsh
Yet I fail to rehash
That I'm only human too
My pillows have suffered their share of tears
My God has listened to my fears
My mind always in turmoil
Strategies to scavenge
Methods, plans....
Too many
I only stand strong like Gold
Because beneath all the Glitter,
A refinery is set in motion
Catabolism....Anabolism...Growth
All taking place in the scheme of things

So next time you see me
And my face lights up with a smile
Ignore all the Glitter
And search through my eyes for Gold
You'd be amazed at how little the fragments
Of gold there are.
We've all gotta live
Allow me to survive
All Glitter, Not Gold