This life is so complex that we rarely get to be the people we are truly meant to be. Instead, we wear masks and put up walls to keep from dealing with the fear of rejection, the feeling of regret, the very idea that someone may not love us for who we are deep in our core, that they might not understand the things that drive us.
-Catherine Doyle
Vendetta
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I put on a fake smile
To hide my pain
Yet I wish someone would
See how broken I am inside
The mask that I wear
Hides my inner feelings and emotions
Betrayal, sadness and anger
Run deep in my veins
Years of torment by
The people who I call mine
Slowly destroy my soul
From inside bit by bit
The mask that I wear
Suffocates me everyday
Now I can't find a way
To remove it off of my face
The blood of betrayal
Runs deep in my family
Who did nothing but take away
My ability to trust and love
All I've felt in my life
Is sadness and betrayal
Where there is no place for
Love to stay for long
The mask that I wear
Is something that I fear
Which I think will destroy me
For the rest of my life....