I just stopped.
Smiling
Laughing
Wearing a mask
They said I had changed, I'm no longer who I once was,
Really, I just stripped myself of my protection.
I put on a short sleeve shirt
Took off the bracelets, the fake smile
Stripped my vocal cords of that pained laugh
Let them witness my scars
They say to be you, show your pain
Why was I mocked for it then?
So I just gave up....
Dec 9, 2018
Dec 9, 2018 at 7:56 PM UTC
I just stopped.
Smiling
Laughing
Wearing a mask
They said I had changed, I'm no longer who I once was,
Really, I just stripped myself of my protection.
I put on a short sleeve shirt
Took off the bracelets, the fake smile
Stripped my vocal cords of that pained laugh
Let them witness my scars
They say to be you, show your pain
Why was I mocked for it then?
So I just gave up....
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