The mask sits thick
Atop a face so cold
Facade budging not a bit
Inside rests a void soul
Clinging to the sins of others
Written down- never forgotten
Genuine emotion gone forever
To hide an ego soft as cotton
Come find rest, worn down ego
I will greet you with kindness
Walk in- your facade, forego
With vulnerability, comes happiness
Send that old guard home
keeping watch, saving face
Unrequited love lost
The true saving grace
Freedom worthy of its cost