Mask

• Bess Coldbeck, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2004

I wonder if they know,
Know about the mask I hate.
I wonder if they know,
It's more than I can take.

I can feel it in my blood,
So I pretend that I don't care.
But it's taking over me,
And it's more than I can bear.

If only I could show them,
What I want them all to see.
If only I could tell them,
Who I want to be.

I just want to be honest,
I want to be real.
I want to reveal who I am,
And understand the way I feel.