I keep on hiding

I have inside of me: all of this stuff
Painful memories of times so rough
I can't believe it and  it's hard to see
That someone close won't be hurting me

So I keep on hiding enveloped by fear
Not allowing the hurtful anywhere near
Afraid that somebody will  make me sad
I keep on hiding from the good and bad

It seems so foolish and so  cowardly
Yet it's how I learned to deal you see
But I keep on hoping for brighter times
Resulting from therapy and blogging rhymes