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Under that skin
She is full of lies
Hurricane and turmoil unleashed together
She brings a wave of destruction along with her
With that expression of indifference and toughness
She stares as the wall without really seeing
Indiscernible eyes, dark and light
Bottomless, endless, and shut tight
And then something escapes her eye
Tumbling slowly, gracefully, down her cheek
And she feels the salty on her tongue
She raises her hand to wipe the tear away
Because she has an image to uphold
The face of calm and composure
But no one really knows what she feels inside
Because all they see is the tough exterior
And the hard, unwelcoming, shut face
What they don’t see is the wheels churning in her head
Round and round, whirring, whooping and dizzy
She looks at the crinkled silver foil and reads the tiny black print
It should have killed her by now already
But all she feels is hollow and empty, just like everyday
Not knowing if it’s really her under that skin.
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