Poetry
ME
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I keep my mask right with me
Everywhere I go
In case I need to wear it,
So ME doesn't show.
I'm so afraid to show you ME,
Afraid of what you'll do
You might laugh or say mean things
Or I might lose you.
I'd like to take my mask off
To let you look at ME.
I want you to try and understand,
And please, love what you see.
So if you'll be patient and close your eyes,
I'll pull it off so slow.
Please understand how much it hurts
To let the REAL ME show.
Now my mask is taken off.
I feel naked! Bare! So cold!
If you still love all that you see,
You're my friend pure as gold!
I want to save my mask,
And hold it in my hand.
I need to keep it handy in case,
Someone doesn't understand.
Please protect me, my new friend,
And thank you for loving me true.
But please let me keep my mask with me
Until I love me too.
---Anonymous
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