Masks

The mask we wear holds us back
Keeping us heading on the wrong track
Shrouded in a world that's black
We don't let anyone take the slack
Blindly struggling until we always crack
Sharing is something that we lack

Why do we all wear a mask?
Opening to each other isn't a task
It's warming like a thermal flask
For help all you need to do is ask
By simply taking off your beloved mask

I know you try so desperately to hide
The demons that you fight inside
To understand you think I haven't tried
You think in me that you can't confide
Try pull me away with the tide
But let me tell you I can't obide
The mask you wear in order to hide

Shows you don't like what you see
You don't want to reveal to me
Who you don't think you should be
Who you won't let out to be free

Think the world won't want to know
The real you you don't want to show
If you let the mask you wear go
You think in this world you wont grow

But my friend this simply isn't true
It's exactly what you need to do
You need to let me really see you
In order for me to ever see me too

Most days you put on this cover
So the turmoil no one will discover
But if you let the world be your lover
Connecting will help your soul recover

Trust me if we no longer concealed
The me in you can be revealed
And we can all begin to be healed