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By Julia Ong


To hide her shame, she wears color like a mask

But isn’t her soul golden?

How did her eyes become so dark?

So dead?

Her face still gleams with radiant shades of red, orange and yellow

The beautiful, beaming shades of red and yellow are shadowed by the black and blue in her heart.

To hide her shame, she wears color like a mask

convincing everyone her soul remains golden.