Submissions by Ashie (Ashlie.)

We all go through life dancing a fantastic masquerade.
Hiding behind masks.
Sometimes the masks are flimsy.
You see right through them, to the person underneath.
Those masks chip away until they're colorless shapes,
and the real faces are revealed.
Others aren't so easy.
Their masks are elaborate,
heavily decorated, and fancy.
These people look like royalty,
all glitter and bright colors.
Their masks are made of a different material,
one more difficult to pull away.
These people cling to their masks
because it's the only thing they...

You spoke the words,
and as I felt myself fall,
there wasn't a person in sight,
not a hand to hold at all.

I felt as if I'd broken,
like my shattered heart was dust,
and that's when you ran in the other direction,
leaving me without a person to trust.

So I let the tears flow,
let them fall down my cheeks,
and when I think of how you left me,
I wish I hadn't wasted my time,
falling for you,
falling for such a time.

I'll never grow to forgive you,
when I try I remember that night,
you left me all to my lonesome,...