Putting On Makeup
I woke up this morning
and found my face was not my own
that person in the mirror
wasn't the girl I'd come to know.
I wore a stranger’s face
and had to turn my eyes away
need to put on that makeup now
so no one else would know today.
I picked up the lipstick,
paint on a perfect smile
pull on mascara and eye liner
hide the tear tracks now, they've been a while.
Powder the face, hide the pale color
and those dark circles under her eyes
eye shadow up above to
where the bruises might show through.
Make sure the smile painted
hides the blood upon the lips
where you kept on accepting
the lies and their biting kiss.
Face her again
she smiles in her knowing
all those secrets you may hide
she is gladly showing.
Copyright © Rhia Madison Thomer | Year Posted 2010
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