The mask I wear

"Don't be fooled by me.

Don't be fooled by the face I wear

For I wear a mask.

I dislike hiding, honestly

I dislike the superficial game I'm playing,

the superficial phony game.

I'd really like to be genuine and me.

But I need your help, your hand to hold

Even though my masks would tell you otherwise

That glance from you is the only thing that assures me

of what I can't assure myself,

that I'm really worth something.

But I don't tell you this.

I don't dare.

I'm afraid to.

I'm afraid you'll think less of me, that you'll laugh

and your laugh would kill me.

I'm afraid that deep-down I'm nothing,

that I'm just no good

and you will see this and reject me.

So I play my game, my desperate, pretending game"

The mask I wear © Unknown  
drawing © ~JuliSketch