Wear the mask.
Do not imagine you needn’t,
For you do.
Wear the mask.
Leave the truth behind a masquerade,
Dance within a well hidden trance.
Wear the mask.
Remember… they’re watching.
Wear the mask.
Come too near and you’ll feel the pain,
Come too near and you’ll swallow
The metal savor of full blown repression.
Wear the mask.
Come too leisurely and you’ll never know
Until your lifeless stare enters the cameras
Wait and it will be too late.
There’s no forgiveness in that.
Wear the mask
To save the humiliation
Of fearlessness plucked from the crowd.
Wear the mask.
How much freedom
Should one expect to squander?
Wear the mask.
How much pain
Should one need to suffer?
Wear the mask.
How much time
Does one need before they hear
The sullied manacles
Of tyranny shattering down?
Copyright © 2006 mrp
