Front and Centre

She thinks there’s only one of us,

How utterly preposterous

The voices in her head she thinks are fine.

She found us dancing Cabaret,

Her splintered brain smiled and stayed,

The voices 1 2 3 4, then there’s mine.

We sent another to the front,

to deal with all the filthy scum,

Sweet girl we’ve kept you safe behind the light.

You may have never known my name,

But one by one we took your pain,

To shield your eyes from monsters in the night.

You grew up tall, you grew up wise,

We watched off stage behind Jade eyes,

The velvet curtain closed upon the show.

We cannot leave the child behind,

For signed and sealed she is our bind,

We dimmed the lights enough to let you grow.

They wear a mask to hide their lies,

Your mask, the perfect sane disguise,

The painted face you wear begins to age.

Now you know we aren’t just thoughts,

We have a name, you’ve heard our voice,

Unmask yourself it’s time to hit the stage.