Mask
She walks down the street
and all heads turn as she passes.
White shirt, yellow skirt
swishing around her knees.
Bouncing blonde curls
inside a floppy, yellow sun hat.
Huge pink sunglasses that seem to fit
her shimmering pink lips and pearl-white teeth.
The strangers she passes on the sidewalk
see a beautiful movie star wandering down their shop-lined street
and gawk at her confidence and wonder what she's thinking,
but they no nothing.
There's a war going on inside
as she struggles to find a reason to live
after he left her broken and stranded
on the edge of the gaping maw of a black hole.
Her fate is unknown
as she finishes her window-shopping.
That goddess-like face is soon forgotten
as a floppy, yellow sun hat disappears around the corner.
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