Painted

Shifting smile
Darting eyes
Drying tears
Soundless cries

Whisk the brush
Across my skin
Hope to conceal
The pain within

Another layer
Another coat
Silence held
Within my throat

Now a mime
All can see
My fake smile
For eternity

Lies portrayed
Lies believed
By an audience
Too blind to see

Part well played
No one knows
For my secrets
Do not show

Tears hidden
Thoughts concealed
Mask artificial
Painted, not real