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My Mask

February 10, 2010
By kookiebabez7 BRONZE, Cartersville, Georgia
kookiebabez7 BRONZE, Cartersville, Georgia
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“Grief may be a thing we all have in common, but it looks different on everyone. It isn't just death we have to grieve. It's life. It's loss. It's change. And when we wonder why it has to suck so much sometimes, has to hurt so bad. The thing we gotta try to remember is that it can turn on a dime. That's how you stay alive. When it hurts so much you can't breathe, that's how you survive. By remembering that one day, somehow, impossibly, you won't feel this way. It won't hurt this much. Grief comes in its own time for everyone, in its own way. So the best we can do, the best anyone can do, is try for honesty. The really crappy thing, the very worst part of grief is that you can't control it. The best we can do is try to let ourselves feel it when it comes. And let it go when we can. The very worst part is that the minute you think you're past it, it starts all over again. And always, every time, it takes your breath away.” -Grey’s Anatomy


I scotch tape my emotions
I wipe the tears from my eyes
I reapply my makeup
I shield myself from the lies.
....
I throw on my mask
I plaster a smile on my face
I no longer have a broken heart,
just an empty space.
....
I build up a wall
I surround it with guards
I tell them your forbidden
and to never let you enter again.
....
I keep on my mask
I keep my upside down frown
I keep myself perfect
But only when others are around
....
I’m tired of this masquerade
I’m tired of pretending everything is okay
I wash my smile away;
Finally! This mask, I can now escape.



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