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Behind the Mask

September 29, 2011
By Rowan_E_Delany SILVER, Fremont, Nebraska
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Don't pull off my mask;
the mask that hides my pain.
Let me laugh and smile
though I do not mean it.

Don't look into my eyes;
the windows to my soul.
I don't want to show you
the pain i am in.

Let my tears tell a story.
My story.
My story to my pain.

"Daddy stop! What are you doing?"

© Jorrdyn K., Washougal, WA

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