Two Women

Artwork by Max Ernst.

“There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into a scene, as upon a stage, conceal her true emotions because they were weaknesses, helplessness, despair, and present to the world only a smile, an eagerness, curiosity, enthusiasm, interest.”

― Anais Nin

Two different selves existing as one
One self bewildered by life
Out of step with the rest
Attempting the illusion of normalcy
Presenting a mask of indifference
A plastered smile of enthusiasm
While drowning in madness

Feigning eagerness to fit in
While aching for solitude
True emotions hidden under 
A façade of false cheer
To placate the expectations
Of the audience before the stage
While engulfed with insanity