The Mask

      The Beauty Beneath Mask                  


Let me be hidden beneath this dark veil

Let this long still silence prevail

I was scared, a coward and fool

I should have chosen silence over lies and falsehood

The mask empowered me with security, strength, and spirit

Bold, loud, unafraid. Here I stand, sky's the limit

Let me convey with what was never said

Away from the world, it is here where I bled

I spoke with words that usually went unspoken

My mind recalled back to when I was utterly broken

It was you who reached out your hand, a bright and shining light,
An amazing, shimmering, shining spark, a star in this dark night.

It was a dark and dreary place, that time

Nothing was right and hard was the climb

I was the mascot of a world with many flaws

Insecurities and society chokes me with their claws

For all the imperfections beheld in me

There isn't a thing you haven’t seen

I always need reassurance that you'll always mine

I don’t need another life, just a little more time

All I need is for the world to stay at a distance

So I can hold you, kiss you, love you in this amazing timeless existence