We all wear a mask

So society defines us 

whether we care to admit it or not 

we are given a role to play 

matters not if as a painting or as a dot 

we put on certain disguises 

and refuse the real us that rises 

it is not that we are willfully deceptive 

our reality however is just too depressive

we create worlds and illusions that comfort us

and draw closer to the mirage that warms us

we don't want to face our own truths

 and confront our own brutes

but this is life

and with our self images we cannot strife

Eden