The Girl Who Wore a Mask
A girl wore a mask upon her
face so none could see
The life she lived that had
been so full of cruelty
Never wanting anyone to
gaze upon her scars
Like a prisoner the mask
had became her bars
She would only remove
it when none were around
It made her life so much
easier she had found
Only she could see the
imperfections she did bear
Ridicule from the town people
Nor for them to stare
One day so late she ran
only to trip and fall
Losing her mask shocked
to be seen by them all
She tried to hide her face,
as the crowd stood in silence
For they had seen not one
sign of any kind of violence
Terrified now she gazed
out into the crowd
"Look she's quite a beauty!"
someone did say out loud
She didn't understand for
surely they had lied
But you see all her scars
she carried them inside
The moral to the story
is that for all unwanted pain
Others may not see our scars
but still our shame remains
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