Beneath the Mask
I wear a mask of porcelain bright,10Please respect copyright.PENANAQCpSCX2E4R
painted smiles in borrowed light.10Please respect copyright.PENANAPJZ7xzVlbR
Yet in the hush of midnight’s breath,10Please respect copyright.PENANADMdaeg1a9c
I taste the truth, I dance with death.
The words I speak, so light, so sweet,10Please respect copyright.PENANArrTjYwCeus
hide footsteps bruised on weary feet.10Please respect copyright.PENANACl3I9KwAOL
A laugh that rings, a heart that cries,10Please respect copyright.PENANAeqxr1vLifC
a dream that drowns in silver lies.
I turn away, the world won’t see10Please respect copyright.PENANAOn3cXs5u2i
the war that rages inside me.10Please respect copyright.PENANApIAqDSBQvq
Yet in the dark, when I am still,10Please respect copyright.PENANAoKbhPvG4bu
the shadows bend to match my will.
They hold my pain, they guard my scars,10Please respect copyright.PENANAe9YeFjhYDM
they whisper truths beneath the stars.10Please respect copyright.PENANAgHGN2dyWH1
And though the world may never ask,10Please respect copyright.PENANAHgvjjF2nyE
the night still knows—beneath the mask.