Mask

This is your social face. 
A face you put on for the world to see. 
A look that is bright and full of life.

To show them that 
You are happy 
Confident 
Good 
That your day is perfect 
Pristine 
Beautiful

Not crumbling into pieces inside you 
Not shattering into pellets around you 
Not piercing your heart & clenching your lungs 
So hard that you cannot breathe 
Cannot move 
Cannot hear 
anything above all the deafening noise 
All the screaming thoughts
And the many murderous silences. 

This is the mask you paint on  
To comfort them that all is well.