Her ceramic mask hid everything I already knew
It's a reflex keeping her soul alive
Smile girl
Smile girl
Laugh when your head hangs heavy
When you never thought you'd breathe deeper than this
It's amazing I've been saying
All the things you're capable of
She might not be as pretty
Might be early aged
Might dance decietful
Making people look more graceful than they actual are
But she can't be any more human
She can't be any more human
than me
or you
She wears a mask
statue hard
and beautiful
Her neck is strong from the weight
People want it to shatter
People who don't wear theirs as well
You've gotta be low to keep people low
You've gotte be willing to be *****
To make others *****
She is better than that
I know this
because I've seen her naked
Flayed her smile
like breaking a clock
She ticks a metronome of humble heartbeat
Is a wonder woman
that makes women wonder
How it is
that she can smile
when being kicked in the mouth
by her own feet sometimes
How she swallows sadness in beautiful breath
palms miming
exaggerating the air in her chest
She knows she can breath deeper than this
I see her for who she is
and who she was
I accept her broken beauty
Relax
we're human
and I don't want to keep you low
Stand up here with me
Where the both of us can see
how our angel wing footseps can keep us light on our toes
I look at her
after the overflow
and I know she wants me to leave her alone
No one wants to be seen
after stepping of scene to change costume
I see you
She steps heavily back into her boot straps
Slides on her angel wing shoes
I tell her I think she is beautiful
She puts on her mask
and says
Thank you
Apr 28, 2012
Apr 28, 2012 at 9:26 PM UTC
Her ceramic mask hid everything I already knew
It's a reflex keeping her soul alive
Smile girl
Smile girl
Laugh when your head hangs heavy
When you never thought you'd breathe deeper than this
It's amazing I've been saying
All the things you're capable of
She might not be as pretty
Might be early aged
Might dance decietful
Making people look more graceful than they actual are
But she can't be any more human
She can't be any more human
than me
or you
She wears a mask
statue hard
and beautiful
Her neck is strong from the weight
People want it to shatter
People who don't wear theirs as well
You've gotta be low to keep people low
You've gotte be willing to be *****
To make others *****
She is better than that
I know this
because I've seen her naked
Flayed her smile
like breaking a clock
She ticks a metronome of humble heartbeat
Is a wonder woman
that makes women wonder
How it is
that she can smile
when being kicked in the mouth
by her own feet sometimes
How she swallows sadness in beautiful breath
palms miming
exaggerating the air in her chest
She knows she can breath deeper than this
I see her for who she is
and who she was
I accept her broken beauty
Relax
we're human
and I don't want to keep you low
Stand up here with me
Where the both of us can see
how our angel wing footseps can keep us light on our toes
I look at her
after the overflow
and I know she wants me to leave her alone
No one wants to be seen
after stepping of scene to change costume
I see you
She steps heavily back into her boot straps
Slides on her angel wing shoes
I tell her I think she is beautiful
She puts on her mask
and says
Thank you
First line donated by Nicole (Lady) Adams. Tried to change my style a bit with this one in the first half, but I fell back into my thing.
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