I'm an actress

A terrific actress

At my own expense

At times

I laugh

Joke

Play

Speak

But inside

I feel

Hollow

Can't be vulnerable

Being the strong one

Am not

Allowing myself

To remove the mask

To show the me

Behind the armor

Hollow

The proverbial

Joan of Arc

Warrior of self

For self

And sometimes

Against self

Hollow

Wooden feeling

Isolation

Running for the hills

Stop me

Please, someone

Stop me!

Heal my

Hollow life

I want to fly away

Eternity

Happy

Smiling

Full

Inside and out!