The Mask

Amazing how something in one's eyes
Could appear so different in another's
Where you see pain, loneliness, and heartache
I see comfort, companionship, and peace
You think you know
Do you?!?
No! 
You will never understand
This seething rage 
I hide just below the surface...
Wake up every morning, force myself out of 
bed
When I already know what to expect
I finish getting ready. 
Ah! Ive almost forgotten the most important 
part
-my mask. 
You see, what you think you understand is 
nothing more
Than a thin, wavering mask, covering 
What is just beneath the skin
If only someone would take the time
To care and to talk
Then maybe, just maybe 
The mask would be taken 
Slowly, but eventually
And maybe I could come out of this pit
But instead, I trudge through the day
Vision averted
Scarcely making contact with another


Home at last
I've waited all day for this
Collapse on the bed 
And wait
Oh the waiting
For that moment when I can finally
Slip into the blackness 
Knowing that when I awake
I'll confront the same thing once more
But for now I let the dark envelop me
All this because no one asked

What you saw as a "weird" or "creepy" kid
Was really nothing more
Than someone who's hurt inside
But your slights and degradations continue
Hah! I laugh your hate away
Even though you don't realize
How deep the knife of your words
Is cutting



So maybe.. 
Next time,
Before you open your mouth
Maybe, you should think about
Who's really hiding
Underneath the mask your talking to

angstfree verse

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