Her Mask

by Elizabeth

Her life had finally settled down
And things were going fine.
If it was not so perfect
We would have seen some sort of sign.
She seemed so very happy
So how were we to know
The sadness she was feeling
If she didn't let it show?

Not once did she let on that things
In her life weren't all that grand.
If she had taken off her mask
Then we could understand.
She seemed a whole new person
So how were we to know
The sadness she was feeling
If she didn't let it show?

She sent out silent cries for help-
We knew not what they meant.
Her life had turned around and so
We thought she was content.
As I look back and think awhile
We really should have known
The sadness she was feeling
From the hints that she had shown.

Her mask is taken off now
We can finally see her face
It's been revealed much too late
For now she's in a better place.
She couldn't stay a minute longer-
That we could not know-
But we should have seen the sadness
That she had tried so hard to show.

© Copyright 1999 Elizabeth Costello. You must contact me if you would like to use this or any of my work. Thank you! :-)

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