I wear a mask to hide myself. I remember the first day of school. I came without my mask. The kids, they laughed, they jeered, I cried, and I fled. I learned a lot that day. I learned that I wouldn’t be accepted as I was. I learned that society is less like a fairy tale but more like a nightmare. I bought my mask and put it on that day. The next day, school came around again. It was fine at first. I found friends, I learned, I had fun. I tried to take off my mask. They left. Years pass. My parents forgot the old me, only knew the mask. My lover loved my mask, not myself. I never take off my mask. Because, if I do, everyone leaves. I wear a mask to hide who I am. I wear a mask to hide what I am. Because if I don’t, I will be ostracized, until d3@th comes to reclaim its due.
Image from @Panthermoon24
