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    clare.holst
    Aug 25, 2020

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    admin
    Aug 25, 2020

    40 Year Mask

    I first wore my mask at the age of 5

    I felt scared and alone but it’s how I survived

    Like most I kept things inside

    But it was my anger that I had to hide

    You see I knew that it made others recognise

    That although was I skin and bones

    I had to use words to defend my pride

    I’m all but a boy with a thin layer

    It’s all just a front to prevent my fears

    40 years gone and not much has changed

    Except now I’m proud of my tears

    I was taught to keep myself tough

    Although my youth was pretty damn rough

    I’d play the blame game and deflect my issues

    But a man shouldn’t cry nor use tissues

    I couldn’t relate but a boy with a thin layer

    It’s just a front to prevent my fears

    40 years on and not much has changed

    Except now I’m proud of my tears

    Nothing rates more than the rarest of commodities

    Than the raw truth

    of simple plain honesty

    No nothing rates more than the rarest of commodities

    The raw truth

    Of simple plain honesty.

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