Masked

He had fallen in love with her beauty,
with the way her eyes shone and the way her cheeks flushed,
He loved when she looked up at him under those dark lashes
and even when she stared at him with a knowing smirk.
Her lips, pink as ever would light up his day.
Until one day.
she left the mask at home.
Everyone saw her differently,
pale they said is what she looked.
little did they know, this was the real her
this was her, without the cover
without a wall to hide behind
and when he came face to face with her
he said he'd seen nothing like it before
she frowned
no beauty like hers before, he amended.
she glowed.
Beauty in it's raw form, beauty that should have never been masked.
And he wished she'd taken off that mask sooner.