Wanna Hear A Story?

In the beginning, there was a young girl, brought into a great big world.

Throughout the girl’s life, she tended to distance herself from others.

She did not know how to approach people, and not feel as if she was being strangled to stop the words from leaving.

The very few words she spoke were hushed and full of stutters and uncertainty.

The girl didn’t mind the solitude but it got lonely.

As the loneliness grew and grew the more she sank inside her head.

The girl began to wonder when had she ever had a smile on her face.

She wondered about the times she wasn’t always caught up in the small things.

She wondered about a time she wasn’t always overthinking her life.

She wondered if she was a likable person or somebody that nobody likes.

She wondered when did she start to question her worth.

She wondered when the last time she was happy and she wasn’t acting.

She wondered why, when she felt emotions she always masked them.

She wondered what happened to her.

All these thoughts overwhelmed her,

and slowly ever so slowly they took over.

Making a monster inside of her head.

But nobody knew because she was such a good actor.

The mask she always wore hid the monster deep within.

And I’ve tried to take it off but it’s glued to my skin.