Mask
Do you like this mask I wear?
I hope you really do
I made it then I put it on
I wear it just for you.
At times I do begin to wish
I did not have to wear it.
It seems so very heavy sometimes
I almost cannot bear it.
If I took it off though
I'm afraid I would lose you.
The real me that I hide inside
Is too strange to be actually true.
This mask, you see, is the reason why
You're my friend in the first place.
If I acted like me for you
You'd urge me to remask my face.
My real self that lives inside me
Wishes to greet you, my friend.
I just don't know if you'd be kind
Enough to hug and not offend.
If you want me to remove
This mask that I, for you, wear
Tell me you really are my friend
And no matter what I am, you'll always be there.
I don't know if you wear a mask
I won't laugh if you do
But iff you take off yours for me
I'll take off mine for you.
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