Marred Mask

With a mask that conceals and a personality that defies,

a heart that breaks and a soul that nosedives,

when trauma's hostility hooked and life broke prosperity,

when love lost and her body became property,

when bullies lived rent free in the mind

she fought out of the demon's bind,

the journey of a girl who fought

to find light in every darkening thought,

from the depths of brutality and the darkest corners of the brain,

comes the story of resilience and the fighter that overcame.