Mask: Stages

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Life is a show

All the world's our stage.

Dance your way through on the tips of your toes,

Sing your song to tell others of your troubles.

Wear your mask so none may see,

The real struggle inside of thee.

 We pain ourselves

To maintain appearance,

We rant and rage of our burdens

To be shared by all.

Or, instead,

We keep it locked in our head,

Hidden to die

As we strive to pass it by.

Yes, this life is an awful show,

A tale of burden,

Misery,

And woe.

Don't you see?

None of us are free.

In bondage to image,

Others,

And sanity.

Nowhere can we turn

To turn ourselves free

The contracts binding

As the secrets we keep

Bogged down in a whirl of chaos and lies

Doing all we can just to survive.    

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