MASK !!

Don’t be fooled by me,
Don’t be fooled by the face I wear,
For I wear a Mask, a thousand masks.
Masks that I am afraid to take off,
And none of them is me.

Pretending is an art that’s second nature to me.
But don’t be fooled.
I give you the impression that I am secure,
That Confidence is my name & Coolness is my game.
That the water’s calm and I am in command,
And that I need no one.

My surface may seem smooth,
But my surface is my MASK.
Ever varying & ever concealing.
But, beneath lies confusion & fear and aloneness.
But I hide this; I don’t want any one to know it.

Each time you are kind and gentle & encouraging,
Each time you try to understand because you really care.
My heart begins to grow wings, very small wings.
But Wings!!!!

Who am I? You may wonder,
I am some one you know very well
For I am every man you meet……