{"sf1_id":320837,"sf2_id":"dePpVpYe","title":"Look beneath the mask","author":"Tyrse Styles","words":282,"posted_at":"2011-12-28T03:30:00.000Z","tags":["Poem","Short"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/320837-look-beneath-the-mask","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/dePpVpYe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/6f/ee/6feead96-d664-49f4-9ac5-d3d55364dd2d","description":"","content":"It's time to wake, my day begins\n\nMy gaze wanders as I pass through the door\n\nI pick a mask to wear today\n\nIt fits me oh so well\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI walk, and talk\n\nI might pass you by\n\nNothing seems out of place\n\nNo you never question, you don't look beneath the mask\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nA different day, a different mask\n\nYou don't look, but are you listening\n\nNo you only hear what the mask is telling you\n\nMy cries are muffled by the mask\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhich mask am I wearing now\n\nAm I just the mask or someone else\n\nWhen you touch me can you feel my face\n\nNo you only feel the cold barrier that is the mask\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI'm being smothered\n\nWho you see and who I am are two different people\n\nYou can't see the tears running down my face\n\nYou never look beneath the mask\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI'm breaking apart\n\nSo many masks I'v worn\n\nTheir weight is a burden\n\nI don't have the courage to remove them anymore\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnother day, another mask\n\nI walk, I talk, and no on notices\n\nJust another mask taking control\n\nI am but one of many, I see that now\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt's in the eyes, I see it now\n\nWe can look through the eyes of the masks\n\nAnd see who is hidden beneath\n\nThey all seem to beg for release, but the masks stay on\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nOne day you'll see it too\n\nMy eyes talk to you, asking for you to come out\n\nShow me who you really are\n\nSo that you might come over to me, and look beneath the mask\n\n  \n  \n\n"}