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Putting On Masks

May 24, 2012
By AriannaNicole PLATINUM, Palmyra, Missouri
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A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere. <br /> Joyce A. Myers

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Shedding a tear,
Even just two or three
Is not an option,
And will never be.

Keeping it buried.
Pushing it deeper below.
Trying to make room,
So I don’t overflow.

Putting on masks,
To hide the real me.
A pained and pathetic child…
I will not let you see.

So here I sit,
A fake smile I wear.
You buy and believe it.
Shows how much you “care”

But why tell the truth?
It will just complicate.
Maybe I’m meant to be miserable.
Maybe it’s just fate…

© Emily L., Redmond, OR

The author's comments:
This just describes me... And what goes on in my subconscious... Enjoy..
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AriannaNicole PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 17 2013 at 3:25 pm
AriannaNicole PLATINUM, Palmyra, Missouri
49 articles 0 photos 46 comments

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A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere. <br /> Joyce A. Myers

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Thank you so much!!!!
AriannaNicole PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 17 2013 at 3:25 pm
AriannaNicole PLATINUM, Palmyra, Missouri
49 articles 0 photos 46 comments

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A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere. <br /> Joyce A. Myers

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Loved your poem! and thank you so much :)
AriannaNicole PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 17 2013 at 3:24 pm
AriannaNicole PLATINUM, Palmyra, Missouri
49 articles 0 photos 46 comments

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A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere. <br /> Joyce A. Myers

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Thank you so much!!!!
TheDarkSideofZeppelin SILVER said...
on Dec. 27 2012 at 5:18 pm
TheDarkSideofZeppelin SILVER, Inglewood, California
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I love this :) reminds me of my poem one million mirrors c:
SilentChaos said...
on Jul. 5 2012 at 7:29 pm
Wow. Just wow, ur poem is just so intence. Its Amazing.
KenzieLawrence SILVER said...
on Jun. 9 2012 at 5:32 pm
KenzieLawrence SILVER, Greencastle, Pennsylvania
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&quot;Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see&quot; -Mark Twain

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This is great! Keep up the good work(: