Masked Lady Poem by Masked lady

She smiled, she laughed, everybody saw,
She went through her daily tasks without fail,
She got up early daily, prepared the table,
Prepared the kids for school, saw them off;
Then rushed to the office and reported to work.

She smiled, she laughed, everybody saw,
She was crumbling, bleeding, dying a million times;
She was going through depression, was dying,
Yet was alive, managed not to cry, only misty eyed,
No one saw, no one ever knew,
What she was going through,
She was wearing a mask.

She’s sick, cysts here, cancer cells there,
She went to doctors, check ups here, lab tests there;
She had to go under the knife, she can't die,
She went through her daily tasks without fail,
She can’t afford to pause, to stop, for the kids’ sake;
She had to live, she had to keep going.

Come out, face your battle, she was advised,
Conquer your depression, stop the cysts from growing;
She came out, told him this, that her that, these to them,
But never the whole thing to anybody,
She remained the puzzle that she is, made of pieces,
She wore her mask well, no one saw the real she.

She smiles, she laughs, everybody sees,
She’s well now, no more cysts, only misty eyes;
She goes through her daily tasks without fail,
She’s still the puzzle that she is, made of pieces,
Still wearing her mask, she is the masked lady.


Masked lady
Dec.30,2009