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Pain


She puts on a mask it's smiling today

 She puts on long sleeves to cover the pain

She hurries to class invisible to all

        

Her smile is fake to hide the truth

She bites her lip to hold back tears

No one knows what she really fears

 

Waking up in the morning

 Becomes her biggest struggle

Wishing she could hide under the covers

Visions and voices crowd up her room

She can't dodge them anymore

She wants to cry

  But learns to hold it in

 

Her life is fear. Her world is crashing. All she knows is pain.

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