There's that wonderful actress
Her heavy stage make-up only adds to the fact that
She can fool anyone into thinking she's someone she's not

At school, she laughs and smiles
And is everyone's friend

At night, she reahes for the tissues 
To clean up her face, to dry her tears
The show's over for the day
She's done acting

She looks in mirror 
And sees not the gorgeous, intelligent, humorous girl
everyone claims she is
She doesn't see her role

Instead she sees her true self
A tired, dead-but-still-breathing mess

She wonders why no one's found her out yet
Isn't it obvious that something's wrong?
But no, they see the character....  the lie
Never the actress behind it

So, at last, she falls into a dreamless sleep
To give herself the strength she'll need
For another Oscar-worthy preformance
That she won't be acknoleged for....