Mask Of Lies

• Ashley Leong, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2018

You have a beautifully crafted mask
To cover the lies and sadness
But I can see right through it

You don’t want the world to see you
When you are shattered
You fix yourself
Cover it all up
With cigarettes and alcohol
With fake friends and smiles

Temporarily

But at the end of the day
You’re still a pile of shattered glass
Waiting for someone to mend you back together