Reality

Oh! What a beauty she is,

They exclaimed, when she walked past

So full of confidence and poise

And serenity that seem to last.

She glances their way, a smirk on her face

Sadness clouding her eyes

A flash of pain left a tear trace,

Masked quickly in a trice.

“If only they knew”, she thought to herself,

“This life of show and pretence”.

They know not the pain, she covers in vain

Losing an identity of sense.

To the rest of the world she shows a smile

Of  belief and self assuredness

Even those close, it does charm & beguile

Pretending with such finesse.

Under the blanket of the night

In the shadow of gloom,

She sat alone, cowering in fright

With an awareness of impending doom

For the pain and anguish will engulf her again

Taking her to a sleep deprived state

The monsters of fear on a free rein

Agony and torment unwilling to abate

With a struggle she wakes up, haunted and exhausted

Slowly putting on her facade

To face another day, with emotions frosted

And a life that is nothing but flawed