The Misunderstood- Poems

The Mask I Wear

You may think I'm the life and soul,

That I'm always happy and crazy

But you don't know the real me,

Maybe I'm different, just maybe

Maybe I'm not the girl you know,

And that smiling child is a mask

But putting on that act day by day,

That's my constant task

To make you think I'm one of you

But whats really inside my mind

All these emotions I can't contain

To how I really feel inside

Outside I laugh, and smile and play

And act like nothing is wrong

But when you're gone it's really hard

To remind myself to stay strong

You'll never know, cause I'll never tell,

This burden we cannot share

But what hurts the most through it all

Is the mask that I must wear

I worry a lot that you'll find out

Because you're very clever

But this secret I'll keep until I die

I will never tell you, Ever.