Masks

Crystal eyes
Seeing nothing
Blocking out the world
It's self-defense
She doesn't want to
Be hurt again
Past mistakes
And future pain
Make up
Who she is
Lying to the world
And to herself
Is her only
Protection from the world
Lights so bright
Interrogating everything
All she can do is lie
She doesn't want to be hurt anymore
So she puts on a mask
Lying to the world.
And lying there beneath the fake smile
Are pain-filled tears
Did you ever think?
That the girl you see
Smiling everyday,
Could be the same girl
Who cries herself to sleep?

Every. Single. Night.