The Mask

Play your cards right

And keep on your poker face.

Life is a game

So you better play to your strengths.

Only expose your weakness

When the time is right.

When you're all alone

In the middle of the night.

When there's nothing to lose

And everything to gain.

Gearing up to make sure you fit into the next frame.

Please take your time to learn another method

To play another character,

it'll take time to perfect another persona

And calculate the perfect move

To benefit only you.

Let's just hope and pray nobody sees through you.

Just be patient and play the long game.

Put on one facade after another.

Gain people's trust and get people to like you

So you can be popular.

Just remember to hide your true intentions

And develop the ideal mask for every new encounter.

But heed my warning for with every new mask

You lose a part of yourself

Straying further away from the real you

So don't be surprised when you look in the mirror

And have to ask "Who are you?"