A picture worth a thousand words.

Did you see the perfect photo I just posted?

You know, the one with the black and white filter? It makes it look classy doesn't it?

My hair looks perfect, just enough make up to pull of that "natural" look. 

The biggest smile anyone has ever seen, my God I look so happy.

Oh and that quote I used as a caption, yea, it's something I once saw on a high school inspirational poster. Kinda cheesy isn't it? 

Strip away the balck and white effects, you notice that bruise on my arm.

Ignore the hair and remove the make up, you see the black eye and the puffy eyes from crying all night.

Look into my eyes and you finally see how hard it must be for me to fake such a beautiful smile.

Remove the lame inspirational quote. Its honestly the only thing that keeps me going, the little bit of hope that maybe one day all of this will change.