Invincable Woman

I pretended nothing was wrong

knowing if I believed,

even though the marks

lay across me,

if I concealed it

none would be able to see

if I lay buried within myself

false pretenses

ringing true,

for sure the world

would not notice

the pain concealed

yet

shining through

heavily consumed

the eyes of burden

hidden secrets untold

no one will notice

so long as I believe

it is true

as everyone shies away,

with silence on their tongue

they can not see me,

or what I have become…

still

lie in front of them

a woman

hidden in the shadows

of which

society

does not speak of

creating an

invisible woman

for all the world

to turn the other cheek on

and the bruises

they continue,

the only source

to rely on,

it is with this burden

of which I will always run with

and forever be known,

as the invincible woman