Faded Mask

Beneath her shady excuse
There lay a world of abuse
She knew that she can’t hide her face
Beneath this mask of disgrace
She wondered if she would ever be brave
Brave enough to speak her mind
She had to behave
Though she wished she could rewind
Rewind the last fifteen years
Try to avoid all the tears
The tears of frustration
From the rifts with her mom
The tears of revelation
When figuring what went wrong
She had lost all her friends
She doesn’t know where it ends
She prayed with all her heart
For the strength to live a life apart
Amidst the bustling crowd
She wanted to shout out loud
That she was all alone
That she didn’t want to go home
For she would have to return to the pain
Her tears mingling with the rain
She thought of why she needed to live
Why she would have to forgive
The answer was clear
She would have to live for the fear
The fear of being selfish
And to live with her one unfulfilled wish.