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[niori_1709]

Laughter surrounds her
She jokes it away,
Not showing a soul
The price she has paid.
Cheerful on the outside
Screaming on the in,
Waiting always
For the pain to begin.
A big red smile
Hiding the fear,
Sparkling green eyes
Hiding a tear.
She wears her mask well
Never letting it crack,
Knowing if she does
He’ll go on the attack.
She can’t show the world
What exactly he’s done,
Can’t tell her friends
He considers hurting her fun.
She’s considered the worst
But she just can’t go through,
The ultimate escape
She just couldn’t do.
She considers taking her life
Instead of her own,
But she stops herself short
For that sin she couldn’t atone.
So she’ll continue to laugh
To joke and to smile,
Just praying to God
It will end in awhile.