We wear makeup to enhance our beauty
it hides our scars
and dries our tears
Trying to hide our natural selves,
with broken and shattered hearts,
we smile.

We smile but our inner selves
cries
Beauty are those who live naturally
we are misled by negativity,
but our self esteem,
is what dies.

By Vivian Mandehwe
© Vivian Mandehwe