Masks

• Winona Dougan, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2016

If you take away my music I'll crumble
If you take away my friends I'm lost
If you take away my words I'm soulless
If you take away my smiles I'm fake
But if you take away my masks I'll smile.

If you give me my music I'm strong
If you give me my friends I'm found
If you give me my words, I’ll shout
If you give me my smiles, I'll wear them
But if you give me my masks I’ll sink.

If you see my music it's me
If you see my friends we’re free
If you see my words their flowing
If you see my smiles their true
And if you see my masks say goodbye.