Pretend

She looks in the mirror
And her vision blurs
All the voices surrounding her
Silence hers.
She gets up every morning
Knowing that she’s bound to wither away a little more
She goes through her day with wounded feet
And then at night, she desperately searches for a cure.

Ironically, she just finds her loneliness in the mirror, surrounded by a silence she’s never heard before.

Thoroughly aware of having to go through the same process again the next day,
She goes to bed with tears in her eyes,
Fights the demons of her day in her dreams
And yet wakes up with a dazzling smile.
She hides her pain so well
That sometimes she succeeds in deceiving even herself
And the eyes staring back at her
Scream at her to get help.
But she’s exhausted now
Mentally, physically and emotionally
If only she was as strong
As she pretends to be.