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Cracking Mask

Can you see the cracks

Of her mask

She says she’s fine

When she feels like she’s crying

No light shines through

Darkness bleeds

From the cracks of her mask

The mask collapses

The walls break down

The boundaries gone

Nothing to keep them up

Nothing to close off the pain

Nothing to hide behind

Her mask has cracks beneath

Now it breaks outside

Now broken in and out

Can you hear the cracks

Of her mask

Or can you feel it

Did you notice

The cracks started within

Now they bleed out

The cracks her mask

Exposed

Now everyone knows

When she feels like crying

When she says she fine

The cracks her mask show

She has cracks

In her mask

Cracking her mask

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May 24
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