Pained Masquerade
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Masks are peculiar.
They take away who we are.
Most wear masks to hide.
I wear a mask to keep everything inside.
I wear a mask to keep everything in.
If I didn’t, I would fall apart again.
Underneath my very thin veil,
Is a war worse than hell,
It’s a war for my soul that takes place in my head.
I can’t keep a straight face, because it hurts so much.
So I wear a mask so no one can see my pain.
Does anyone even care?
No, because they’re too self-aware.
They’re too scared of what would happen
if they tried to let someone in.
They keep their pain to themselves.
They try to hide behind their see-through shells.
If we could all be ourselves and see ourselves,
We’d understand how broken we all feel.
Then the masks would come off
And the Masquerade would end.