She curls her hair everyday
and paints her green eyes black
She sports a bright, plastic smile
so the others won’t see what she lacks

She hides it all with make-up and charm
so you’d never know what she’s feeling
She’s keeping it all bottled inside
her mind constantly reeling

Her friends adore her and her family’s proud
she has so much to live up to
But what if with, a few pills and a swig
she removed herself from view?

Daily life is a struggle
and her fears are dragging her down
What if shes not strong enough
to face the current and not drown?

She tells herself it’ll be okay
take it one day at a time
But far too quickly, the years will slip by
and leave her as proof of its crime