If you could hold a mirror to your face
And peer within its view
What would the image say
If it could clearly speak to you
And as you look ever closer
So, much to magnify
What person would you see
As you see reflections eye
Would you see your real self
Or a portion of that said
Or would you see someone else
With a mask around their head
We all wear these masks from time to time to time
And I believe that I am wearing mine
As I am reading out this line
This Mask of mine shows confidence
Though a nervous wreck inside
It is a mask for this moment
and my real self is denied
With all of our masks on,
To the World we can convey
That we are having a great time
And an exciting fun-filled day
We can appear hard as nails
When we know we are weak
We give ourselves false courage
When we can barely speak
We can hold back faint tears
Till every one finally goes,
And we tell our friends, we like them
when clearly the opposite shows.
We tell people we haven't
When its plain to see we have
And we hate to show our feelings
just in case they see and laugh
And at the end of each day
The Mask goes on the shelf
We are left with the person we are,
There is, no one else
Who can ask, who is, the real me,
I guess we all have to look
deep in that mirror and See!!!!
I do like this topic. It's one of my favourite self-niggles.