Outside I'm the same girl I was a year ago
The one who always had a smile on her face
The one who stood tall when life tried to knock her down
The one who refused to drowned even with an anchor tied to her ankle
The one who always had a positive outlook
The one who was always 100% focused on her future
But, inside that girl is gone
Her smile became a mask
Life brought her to her knees, begging for mercy
The anchor finally pulled her down and she drowned
Her positive outlook became negative as she lost hope
She lost motivation as anxiety consumed her
Yet, when I talk to people
They tell me that I'm inspirational
That I'm brave
That I'm going places
They see the girl I used to be and sometimes if I look hard enough so do I
So, maybe she's not gone after all
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Under The Mask
PoetryThis is what's under my mask My thoughts My feelings Who I am inside
