Masks

The mask
Used to disguise
Used to cover up
Used to hide the truth behind it

Elegant colors
Detailed lines
Ornate embellishments
Used to distract onlookers

So many masks
We use in daily life
Masks of happiness and control
Masks of confidence and poise

Insecurity spreads like an infection
Poisoning every corner of her mind
Causing agonizing doubt
Irrational and relentless in its plague

She adjusts her mask
Terrified someone will see
The desperate pitiful shell
Of a woman she has become

Her truth
Will remain behind the mask
Her agony hidden from the world
Behind a smile