Her day is the same

Wake up
Get dressed
Put on the mask
Head out for the day

A simple item
you would never is how she hides in plain sight

Her hair pulled back.
Her smile shown
But her mind a prison.

Every day she hides behind her mask
Until she is alone

Only then she takes it off
and allows the pain to flow down her face

Her self worth shot to hell
Her beauty uncomparable
Her mind challenges those twice her age

But no one can see
how well she uses her mask
to hide from the world

Rising high
Burning bright

Simple phrases
Simple lyrics

unknown the impact
that it will have

Simple songs
change into lifesavers
Classic melodies
create life

Messages through a screen
ripple through lives of the unknown

Simple star
Hidden among the rest

But burns just bright enough
to help someone find their flashlight

The music plays
Her body moves
All eyes on her

The attention drives her.
Lust her second name
Her conquests being across all.

Each one thrills her for the night
but leaves her cold in the morning
Her heart aching silently

The prison she created
It keeps her heart protected
but leaves her money as revenge

A man knocked down her walls
understood her pain
Warmed her in the morning

Life being vengeful
killed the man she loved
her passion dying with him

The attention now is her poison
as she lets men have her body
but her heart cold and alone

Once more

I see them close by
Some days they are closer than others
A boy and a girl
Two souls that call me mom

Both are sweet and caring
but only one is mine by blood
both of their fathers are gone

One killed in a war away from home
the other in a war down the street
Both caring
but taken too soon

Even though we all miss them
We try to find happiness.
The only thing we can't run short of

One day I will hold them in my arms again
And when that day comes
I will cry once more
Thanking those above
that I have my family once again

I found myself once again
In the unexpected of places

My mindset on trying to find the impossible
My heart singing only one tune

With a small spark of hope, I rushed closer
Praying I could find what I seek

But soon, my little flame was smothered
and I was broken-hearted once more

A kind stranger saw my struggle
They knew my pain

"A different tune perhaps,
could change your mind?"

Time ticked by slowly
my little candle slowly glowing again

A new melody sang from my heart
as I finally found what I had been missing

With my flame burning like a forest fire
I search for more of the same

Anything to replace the ache in my heart
That I had grown to love

My candle now almost burned out
I looked in the mirror once more

My reflection
My soul

Once more, it was out on display again
True and bright

I felt comfortable
I felt free

and I knew
I was looking at me.