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Altruistic Acting

'What a beauty,' they said
'How exotic and charming'
What they'd give for her smile
Self-assured and heart-warming

Full of love, hope, and faith
Flawless silk-woven skin
They had no idea
What pain lurked deep within

They had never seen
Her wrists gleaming red
'She could never hurt'
'She's perfect,' they said

They had never heard
The sound of her cry
When she was alone
And had room to die

All people know
Is how the light shines
When she's on stage and singing
Or acting out lines

But she doesn't mind
She'd prefer if nobody knew
Because no one deserves
To go what she's going through

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On Friday January 12th, 2007, Grim_Sorrow (87) writes:

beautifull flow, I'm truly Impressed... keep writing, I'll keep reading.

On Sunday December 10th, 2006, LOKI (266) writes:

The truth the sadness.Truly beautiful.Nice write I enjoyed .LOKI

On Wednesday December 6th, 2006, beautifulfallenangel (106) writes:

;) life is an stage..... you are always constantly performing for the leeches of undeserving crowds waiting to see you fail......")........well anyways awesomely written love it

On Wednesday December 6th, 2006, Cinn (188) writes:

Not only putting on a performance on the stage, but in life as well. To make people happy instead of focussing in on pain of the real world. It's what ever good actress works hard at. Nicely done -Cinn

On Tuesday December 5th, 2006, The Fool (1003) writes:

It pulled on my strings and ripped my soul out. I know this very well to put that mask on and hide, to make it so they never have to know what there going through, incredible write. You did a fantastic job ~Gothic

On Tuesday December 5th, 2006, The Fool (1003) writes:

This was incredible, my heart couldn't have been anymore broken. I was turn into pieces as I read the words. Sometimes I know this the mask we parade around for people so they never see how much we really are breaking inside

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