Disguises

Eyes glance upon a weary face
with deeply sunken, haunted eyes,
to see beyond the mask a child
hidden within the sullen disguise.

No one can see the child
hidden behind a masked wall
pain and bewilderment her lot
not earned or deserved at all.

Never wanted, tossed aside
love given was only a bad kind
dear lord  it is a wonder
she never lost her mind.

Behind this mask the child hides
and one wonders if at all
has the child�s heart survived
or has it taken the last fall.

Hardness her costume,
pain disguises her cloak
letting her know daily
that her life upbringing
was never a joke.


� 2005 Sandra Elisabeth Johnson
This is for my friend Amiee.
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