Poetry

By

Adam Levon Brown

Mascara Stains

She commits suicide

every morning when she

gets in the car and drives

to work

Small deaths

that add up

to a tragedy

The water from the tap

can’t wash away the nagging

dread that nails itself into

the fragments of her long neglected

heart

She puts on her fake smile

and heads out for the day

Not realizing that someone

sees the real her behind

the discount cosmetics

Adam Levon Brown

Adam Levon Brown is a poet and author residing in Eugene, Oregon. He has one published poetry book out, Musings of a Madman, which is a collection of poems made to enlighten and inspire the reader. Adam attributes his love of poetry to the many great poets he discovered in the school library during his formative years.  He enjoys listening to political hip hop music and is a political activist himself.