Wise picks for ‘Caption This’ image Published on 31 December. Click to read more selected captions submitted by our readers.
Lynn Laveau Lund
Perfect,
for all the world to see
but on the inside, misery.
Kim DeCocco-Sharon
The place I come from is dark
and broken but what I present to you
is bright and outspoken.
Felicia Renteria-Holmes
I can dazzle, entertain & put on a show,
but the real me…none of you know.
Sherry Greene
Ah, but I know what goes on backstage,
As the audience applauds with adoration.
Lisa Hammock
In the spotlight she’s loved,
in the dark lonely.
M Jeyaram
If you are prepared to dance to their tune,
you must also be prepared to face the music.
Rinku Shah
I played the game with all my might,
To remain in the spotlight.
For the world it was a lovely sight…
But why did it not feel right?
Helen Quinlivan
My stage face bears a mask
to hide the awful task that I am forced to be,
for you and you and everyone but me…
Shilpika Bagh
I was a “puppet” in my own hand;
danced to “please” till the end.
Debra Pry
And the award for best performance
goes to Yourself,
for being a puppeteer.
Sharon Stahlhut
The price of fame,
adoration and wealth is exhaustion,
loneliness, and pain.
Phyllis Snider Boyer
If we could be the image
that we portray to others,
perhaps we would love ourselves, too.
Lindz Ballestero
Playing the game
She puts on a show,
To feel loved by the masses
But she still cries alone.
Rational Akrofi Akuffo
As an entertainer,
I am the life of the party
but behind the scenes,
my life is in ruins.
Ronda Gerard
It’s not fake it till you make it…
it’s face it till you make it!
Wayne Kelley
What’s on the outside
is not necessary what’s happening
on the inside.
Anjana Surendran
In the limelight she entertains
In the background she yells
Sulekha Pande
The art of fakery,
While we hide our misery.
Vidhi Shah
Everyone has a secret sorrow
that the people does not know about.
People only see what you show them.
Jody
What we hide to make
people love us…
Kenia
In control of what others see
so they can love me