I'm a tough nut to crack, <br />A book that's always bound. <br />Though tears keep flowing down my cheeks, <br />from me, hear not a sound. <br /> <br />Hidden from view, <br />In darkness all alone. <br />Frozen is the kingdom I built, <br />my heart now turned to stone. <br /> <br />Bitterness is what you see, <br />for weakness I would show. <br />For if I had let you seen <br />what's hidden beneath the snow. <br /> <br />Bottled and thrown, <br />into a vast empty sea. <br />Only the masks hide my tears. <br />The emptiness that fills me. <br /> <br />A collection of all my fears, <br />this black gallery has become. <br />Rejections from the game of life, <br />the battles I never won.<br /><br />Mandy Lee<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/locked-mask/
