I have been trying too hard to be the person everyone likes
Showing the world a first class smile
Standing tall, looking like a queen
Pretending that I am not afraid of what is behind the door
Believing that I just have to wait one more year until I can burn off the mask
Telling myself that then I can be me in a year, the girl with stories in her head, the one who never wears shorts, the one who loves to act, the one who has too much to say and a heart too big to show,
My forgotten heart won't listen to my brainwashed mind