The Mask

• Hannah Slee, Grade 6, Bacchus Marsh Grammar School
• Poetry
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Word Zone 2016' competition

She wakes up and puts on her mask,
But know one knows the really hard task.
To live this life,
and hold on to a really sharp knife

She is great,perfect and in some ways
She lives every night and lives every day.
She lives,laughs and sings,
and wonders what the new days will bring

Then she gets home and takes off the mask,
The day is over an impossible task
So she lies down and waits,
and slowly fills up with hate.

She hates herself and her life
And always know she still has a knife
But she's still there no matter what they say
And she hopes that one day she will actually be okay.