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Hidden behind the Mask

March 2, 2018
By Elexia BRONZE, St. Peters, Missouri
Elexia BRONZE, St. Peters, Missouri
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I wish people accepted me for me
One day I will be appreciated
I hide behind this mask to save myself the embarrassment
It’s covered with cracks and scars
It's Dark-rustic gray color fading down to my neck
There's a hole  in the top of it as if there ‘s nothing there inside
If there ever was it's slowly fading away
I feel Isolated from everyone else
It feels like i'm climbing a mountain
Trying to escape this unforgettable place
Only to keep being pushed back to the beginning
All these miserable  people around me judging me for everything
Hearing the same thing everyday at least twice a week
You're big, you should just go kill yourself, Stay healthy,
Girl you know you hungry
Like a Chorus to a song
Lyrics that I can't forget or unhear
All this chaos but why?
I hear voices screaming in my head telling me to give up
When did the world change and think it was okay for women to bash other women
To become so bitter, to not care about others feelings
To be excluded just because the way I look as if I were a stranger
For my sadness to become your main priority
This mask is what stops people from seeing my face
Sense i’ve been made into a disgrace
I will no longer fight to pledge my case


The author's comments:

This poem is about a girl who hides behind a mask because people can't accept her for her so to avoid the embrassment she wears this mask.


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