Pageant Girl

Gets up every morning Puts her makeup on Makes sure she looks perfect Though everything is wrong Stares into the mirror Runs her fingers through her curls Then she practices her plastic smile Just like a pageant girl Goes into the closet Picks out her favorite dress The one with yellow flowers Always has to look her best Puts on her shoes walks out the door Steps out into the world As she waves to all the passerbys Just like a pageant girl She's the great pretender Like an actor on a stage Puts on a grand performance As she tries to hide her pain They don't know the sadness This ache within her soul The hopelessness, the loneliness She's hollow, never whole But she does her best to mask it She keeps it all inside Hopes no-one has figured out This masquerade's a lie So she meets their expectations Gives them what they want to see A silly, vapid happy girl Lighthearted, weightless, free She deflects them with her sparkle Her smile white as pearls Bright and wide but empty Just like a pageant girl.