Your Mask

There is darkness in my heart

and bitterness in my soul.

My head swims in propaganda

and desolation freely flows.

There was a point in time,

when I might have actually cared.

But somewhere along the way,

I’ve become inherently impaired.

I’ve learned how to apply a mask

for when I must face the world.

I found the make up

in my mama’s drawer

when I was a little girl.

Brighten your eyes

with mascara,

A touch of blush

simulates a glow.

Finish up with eye shadow

and lipstick-

no one will ever know.

How you truly look

and what you really feel.

They will only see the you that

you want them to-

The you that you’ve made real.