sleep deprived poetry (reupload)

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I hide it.
I hide it all
Because that's all
I can do.
I hide the tears
The scars
The pain
The thoughts.
I hide it all
Behind the fake mask
The smiles
The laughs
The inside jokes
But someone got past my defences
Cracked my mask
Tore away my armour
Ripped open my protective layers

Then left me for dead.

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