By Lulu
Date: 2003 Mar 20
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War Paint

Things are coverd,
hidden, protecting
the eyes that dont
want to see. Protecting
the others from what they dont "need".
They go through life
ignoring the strange, hiding
the unpretty. Prostitutes
plaster their faces with make-up,
Broken hearts display smiles
to hide the tears. To many..
its a cover up, but to me its
a war paint. It hides
the hurt from pretetors,
bounds the wound to stop
a deeper cut, closes the eyes
of the scared. Its a layer,
to pull you through the day..
a reliever of the truth. Its
a mask, a cherade, a lie, a fake..
it allows people to believe what
their feeble, ignorant minds
want to believe. Its a war paint
it protects and prepares you
for another day of mortality.