No chinks in my armor

No cracks in my facade

I go into the world everyday

With a smile on

With makeup and hair all done

I see old friends 

I make new ones

I laugh and joke and tease and play

And no one knows the little girl

Ugly from sickness 

Hair falling out

Bloated 

Pinched 

In pain

Crying out for help but receiving only silence

Her family tired of trying 

Tired of failing 

Sends her to her room 

And there she lays 

Locked in my mind

Sobbing on the floor

Fighting for a life she doesn't think she deserves