Masks

A three A.M writing

Everyone has a mask

Some people wear it around their family
Some wear it around their friends
And some wear theirs all day long, around everyone.

Everyone has a mask

Whether it be someone playing off sadness,
Or someone wishing to seem more proper
We all have a side of us that we don't allow others to see.

Everyone has a mask

And some people have multiple masks
For multiple people or multiple scenes
Sometimes it's hard to keep track of the masks we wear...

Everyone has a mask

At the end of the day we remove them
We hang them on the wall next to tomorrow's clothing
It is at night when we reveal who we really are...

Everyone has a mask

My mask happens to be a Glassglow smile
I'll smile to my ears if it means I can pull off the word happy
As long as I can fool everyone else, I can fool myself right?

Everyone has a mask

It's at night we see who we really are
When we've removed the mask(s) we wear
And have to stare at ourselves in the mirror

Everyone has a mask

My mask seems to be getting tattered
I don't know if it's really hiding my sadness
Maybe I need to just come clean

Everyone has a mask

Oh god I can see right though it
It has become opaque
My mask cannot hide the emotion that my eyes portray all too well
If I can see right through it, how many other people can as well?

Everyone has a mask

Why do I even wear this thing? It's making me sick.
Swallowing my sadness into the pit of my stomach.
Walking on egg shells to make everyone else happy

Everyone has a mask

I took a match to my mask
It was making me sick
I don't need it to be beautiful

Everyone has a mask

It's okay not to be okay
You don't need to hide your sadness
It is what makes you human

Everyone has a mask

But I say, take them all away
Show your raw emotions for the world to see
Don't be ashamed of how you feel
It would be like apologizing for being human .

Everyone has a mask

But that doesn't mean everyone should .

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Well said yes we all have that mask and some afraid to say because they are afraid of fears . See I see that not 1 responded to your write do you want to know why? It wasn't a bad write at all they just didn't want to agree because there to ashamed hiding in the dark! This was a solid write:)