Behind a mask My face is blank from practice My feelings well hidden Deep within my heart a chamber is filled with emotions Overflowing from never having been let out. Until the point comes When they're too much to bear So I give in. And alone in my room They come out In tears Then I pick myself back up Wipe the evidence from my face Put on a fake smile And walk back into the world Like nothing is wrong. The truth stays behind Locked within the confides of my bedroom. My escape