The Actress

thought I was playing it safe

so I made the mistake of being fake

pretending its all great

with a smile on my face.

but slowly what took place,

just when I cannot say

everything

     drifted

          away..

lonely and lost I decided to stay

someone come help me find my fate!

but it started to rain

I must have

     rusted

          this

               way..

cause here I still am,

stuck in the scam that I can be

what I believe I am.

and not what the see..

someone who is truly ME

not some shell of a person

     so obviously hurtin'

          so deeply

I cant get my body workin'

  cant stop the sadness for jerkin' me away

      forcing

          me to play

just what.. I can't explain

but it takes up most my days.

somehow I just

     fade

          away

the Mask is worn on stage

with a smile on my face - my struggle hides away

and there it will stay

while I'm the Act I hate to play

Reviews

[Philip Muls]

Makes me think of the 'character lie' we are all guilty of. We all establish a 'persona', an ego mask to face the outside world.

You capture well how the lie becomes you.
Well done. Could you read mine ?

[A.marie.speaks]

Thank you! I will definitely check your writings out

[alifeacoustic]

WOW. Just wow. I felt your soul brush against me reading this. Hold on, im gonna read it again...eah, okay. WOW.
I should shut up now, and not spoil things, but that would just be the mask talking. I dont know what else to say, but wow.
We all play parts, sometimes those parts make us feel lost in who we were, but we do it anyway. I find some solace In knowing its a mask and that one day, someone will see whats beneath.
Not to put too fine a point on it, WOW.

[A.marie.speaks]

Haha your response made me laugh a little, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! It's hard to find a balance between wearing it and taking it off.. at times I find it stuck and fear the worst, it has become my face.. like a nightmare

[HippieSoulPunx]

I think we're all wearing masks, and we struggle to take them off even when we want to, after spending such a long time wearing them. We're all acting until we find someone who wants to get to know the actor/actress, not the characters we're playing. Beautiful writing, very honest and full of emotion.

[A.marie.speaks]

Thank you for reading and your compliments!