Take Off Your Mask

START Take off your Mask Sophie Boswell What do you live for? Was a question put to me By a gentle loving person, who aimed to set me free I couldn’t answer his question, thirty years ago So I moved in the wrong direction, not knowing where to go I was born to be an artist; to love creativity But this bothered others, who wouldn’t let me be People-pleaser, then, was my main aim While seeking out pleasure, and shying away from pain What a silly way to live - putting on a mask Such a waste of time and such a tiresome task Some lessons come slow; some come fast But one lesson worth learning is not to live in the past. END