Themasksiwear

I get up, put on a smile. I laugh, everything is fine. Today they won‘t see the tears from last night and the pain inside of me. Taking of the mask means giving up. Not yet. I‘m not ready yet. Not yet. At least today I want to pretend as if everything was fine. Then maybe, one day, it will be.

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I already wrote this in February 2017 but in my native language German. If there are Germans here or people speaking German that want to read it, just let me know.

Another five minutes
hour
day
week
month
year

I am tired
heavy
sad
tired
hopeless
numb
Still tired

You don’t know this
Only I do
My masks are
that
good

Damn, do I ever wish
that
you’d really

really
see me

Before I no longer can handle

seeing myself

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My smile mocks me
Taunts my everyday
It bbn hides away the pains I wouldn't otherwise giveaway
It's a disguise at the ready
A mask to hide my lies
Just like when I say "I'm fine "

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The masks I wear
I wear many masks
Masks to hide my physical pain
To hide my emotional pain
To hide my struggles
To keep people from getting upset
To hide my true self in fear they’ll hate me.
A daily mask to wear!
Always there

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We’re given mask to present ourselves in life and some pretty filters in social media. 
 
We curate our lives and present the best ones, some things are better be kept away from the comments and likes, and some happiness are worth to share. 
 
Who would want to see a heavily-drugged eye and pale skin without any masks?
 
In this social media era, what you see isn’t always what you get. We all know that pictures can be deceiving. Those cheery smiles could be masks they choose to wear.
 #MightyPoets

The masks I wear aren’t worn for me;
I put them on to comfort you.
You hate to see who I truly am
Because it’s scary and sad and totally true.

The masks I wear ease your pain,
While I hide the hurt I can’t escape.
They show you a person who can handle this world,
But that version of me is completely fake.

The masks I wear get me through the day
Because no one asks if I’m feeling unwell.
But I’m scared of what you say when I leave
Because you might just notice I’m going through hell.

While hidden at home, wearing no masks,
My face and spirit can live without shame.
But if we could all admit to our own faults together,
These masks would be gone, and we’d see we’re the same.

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I used to wear that mask.
It was handed to me at birth,
Worn time and time again
Through the ages
By my ancestors and theirs.
I didn’t know I as wearing it.
No one seem to know or care,
No one asked me about that mask.
One day the mask fell off my face
And broke into so many pieces
That it turned into dust
And blew away.
I didn’t know what to do
Without the mask, l was lost.
When I looked in the mirror
I couldn’t see my face
Instead, I saw that lost soul
I’d been searching for forever.
Later, I realized why no one
Told me about the mask,
Most everyone wears that mask
Neither knows it, nor want to loose it.
It’s an agonizing death to loose the mask
Followed by a slow birth that
I thought had already happened.
When the mask is gone,
You’ll know this is, the only birth there is.
The mask is not just a mask,
It’s a blindfold and trickery.

#MightyPoets

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