i am constantly pretending
and now I don’t recognize
what is under the mask.
sly smiles and cheeky jokes
no one would think twice
but I thought twice
’bout buying a train ticket
anywhere.
the mask is cracked
and my tape walked out
glue left when it started raining
and the store is closed.
so what do you do-
when the light touches your skin
for the first time
reflecting on baby pictures
you did it back then
when love was free.
it has cost me an eye
just another sacrifice fly
and without the mask
forced to be unmasked
can see right through me
all the scars and the third degree.
will see who really will stay
when the monster is revealed
