Mask

Mask

There you sit waiting

for your curtain call

when it’s time

you slip on your mask

go out on stage

and play your part

At the end you take a bow

and disappear

behind the curtains

to remove the mask

you’ve just fooled the crowd with

No one suspects it’s all an act

it’s simply routine and that’s a fact

Everyday

before you walk out your door

you put on this mask

a mask of deception

you wear all day

It’s like a wall you build

one brick at a time

Only after the doors

are locked behind you

can you remove this mask

Only then can that wall come down

safe and sound

You can’t go on this way,

for you know you are living a lie

knowing you can never be you

makes you want to break down and die

Day after day you find a way

to crack a smile

but only you know

that behind the mask

you are crying inside

a cry so deep you know

you will never be heard

Solid as a rock

you always seem

but only you know

who you should have become

isn’t who you became

You became something

you’re not

A mold of perfection

you no longer can live by

It’s time to make a change

no more pretending to be

someone or something

you’re no