No one to know

Pretend.
Feign.
Smile.
Put on a show.
Playing the part
normality wrote,
as the actress
outside of the glow.

Swallow it.
Strangle it.
Poison it.
Drink it away.
If it's numb
It's gone for now;
No one to know
it visited today.

Dress it.
Cover it.
Hide it.
Play the charade.
In the shadows,
watch me dance,
through this
my masquerade.