By Jenna Holland
Date: 25 March 1998

Smiling Mask

I hide behind my smiling mask,
I do this when I remember my past.
I put it on and play my show,
Hoping no one in the world would know. 
 
I just get down and dry my tears,
I put on my mask, trying to forget my fears.
I act really happy I laugh and smile,
I try and make it last but it only stays a while. 
 
I blind myself inside my head,
I force myself to love her instead.
So when she broke up with me one day,
I cried and cried with nothing to say. 
 
I locked myself in my own little cage,
Saying to myself "I’ll controll my rage"
I wish that I was not so confused,
I hope someday my hate could be defused. 
 
I sit here now with a smile on my face,
As I take it off my heart begins to race.
I turn tward you a tear falls and flips,
You lean tward me I feel the soft of your lips. 
 
So now I’m glad I took off my mask,
I’m happy I did that really hard task.
And I hope someday you’ll do the same,
Because I am a person that doesn’t want to blame.