Hidden Beneath A Mask of Make Believe

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Don’t tell me

I’m broken

As you put

Pieces of a

Puzzle that

Doesn’t quite

Fit.

Don’t put me

In a box

Or a pedestal.

I simply do

What I have to

Do.

Don’t try

To judge me

Or build

Yourself

Up by tearing me

Down.

I fought a battle

Fought a war

It nearly took

Me out.

There is the

Pain

Hidden beneath

A mask of

Make believe.

You tell me

I’m strong

And I guess I am

Until I’m weak.

Copyright Michelle R Kidwell

May.15.2020