Losing Sight Poem by Maya Coleman

Everyday I wear this mask.
To fake a smile, to act like I've always been fine. I act like it doesn't bother me, when you don't answer my call. When I haven't seen you in months.
You, were the only thing that kept my heart together. The person I thought was always there. I hated myself and you were the only one that made me like my mirror.I don't understand. Why I feel life is killing me, like slowly I'm dying. Slowly, I'm not me. Slowly, I'm just a mask. When suddenly you walk away, everything follows you and I'm left alone.
You, understood me and were the only one to comfort, the only one to care, the only one to understand, the only one there. Now, I look in my mirror, at my mask, at my mask, in the mirror. And as I pull the mask off there is nothing. Because you are gone, I am lost. I hope I find you again. I hope you answer my call. And when you do, I'll be waiting.