Faceless Poem by Mfonobong Ituen

Time too late to let go
In a jiffy have driven through the thorns of misery
Have been battered and shattered
Heard them said"you're worthless"?
There I see less of me
As they say, so I live

Was still so tender when the names came
As I grew nothing to hold on to
No pride for a fall
Less of me and more of them
The life I live, I live them
I say them as I speak

In my world of comeliness lies pain that can't be penned
As the soul wishes to escape someday
So he's trap with words of low self esteem
Little did I do

Now grown yet still trap and wrap
Envelope in isolation
An introvert of pain
A pretender who shies away life
As I scream the beauty covers
I'm now my own beast

A beauty for deception!
Think no more of my good looks
See no more of me outside
Can you please see me through my soul
For the soul morns as the beauty glows
This is the war in me
No need for "bracelet" for I am "faceless"