I am an actress

I wear paint on my face and masks to hide my appearance

I don't act like me

Or look like me

 

I am an actress

My characters vary of shape and size

I never know how I will be

How they will be

 

I am an actress

A curtain conceals me

And opens to reveal my fate

But until then, I hide

 

I am an actress

No one knows why

Except me

I never have to BE me

 

I am an actress

As a person, I never feel important

No one comes to see me

They all come to see my characters

 

So until I am viewed as special

Until the curtain can be pulled back

Until someone loves me for me

I am an actress

 

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