Masks

Location

90011
United States
34° 0' 28.4004" N, 118° 15' 30.636" W

A place where many put on masks
Fake identities that cover their truths
The masks of defense
The masks of attraction
The masks of ludicrous
The masks of intelligence
The masks of comedians
The masks of maturity
The masks of immaturity
And then there those who are honest
Those who couldn’t choose the right masks so they fall into the lower form of masks
The masks of fragility
Masks of weakness or just plain and simple- misunderstood
He/she who wears the mask of fragility couldn’t find the right mask on time. Almost all of them ran out and was left with this one.
"Isn’t it beautiful I ask?"
Masks of concern look at the frail mask but say nothing else
"Why am I not in the same rank as you? It is still a mask"
They utter nothing else
Days go by and the mask grows old. It doesn’t stay as the mask of fragility but instead it shifts into an odd, moldy, dark and grim color with dreaded beads of dark black blood leaking out of the inner eyes
The mask of suicide
Many many masks and only a few real faces
There are those who stick to their masks forever and never cut the strings from behind while others go out of their way to finally find out that it isn’t nesecary
And those who hold the dangerous masks: the masks of suicide, fragility or sin find out that it is plastered on to their face
They don’t have the mask of attraction to attract other high ranked masks to help them so they wear it forever until it deepens into their skin, scarring whatever is left of them and soon devours them whole
All that is left is the mask waiting for another owner
Poor little mask owner who couldn’t take it off and the same goes to the many, many, other masks because all masks do are cover. Cover the face that holds true expression. No mask is ever good.

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Comments

savigirl14

I agree and think that everyone puts up a mask. My mask is pretending that I am always happy and that I have no problems. What's yours?

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