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Mask Away The Pain.

November 16, 2010
By loveee7 DIAMOND, San Pedro, California
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"If Your One In A Million Than There's A Million Other People Just Like You."

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I walk around a zombie.
Put on a mask to hide everything, say everything's okay.
But no one knows that burning pain,
That lives inside of me.
Its a pain that aches,
Longs to be soothed.
Its a silence that eats me away,
Breaks me down.
I guess my mask seems to be working.

© Andrew M., Belleville, ON, Canada

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