Disguises

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Disguises come in all sizes and shapes, Making people into apes Who hide themselves behind masks Of perfection. All we do and try to become Wearies us and makes us numb Forgetting about all this is real - of problems. Our focus remains inside our heads Filling them with pain-killing meds To avoid the outer world of pain Of realness. Now I lay me down to sleep Where dreams will always conscience keep From facing what is really there Of myself. Can we ever truly claim To be the person of the name We give to friends and strangers, too. Hide me now behind this mask Keep me from the die I’ve cast In mistakes and trouble caused Of misery.