"Love Unmasks Me"

Sun, 11/30/2014 - 23:48 -- CARA02

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Who I am you don’t know

Who I am I don’t really know

Who I am no one may ever know

 

I try to keep others happy

I try to keep those I love happy

I can’t even keep myself happy

 

To be real in front of others is hard

To be real in front of those I love is hard

To be real in front of my own reflection is hard

 

Yet I try…

 

And I will continue to try…

 

To learn who I really am

To keep myself happy

To be real to myself

 

I will continue to try…

 

To genuinely laugh

To genuinely cry

To genuinely love

 

Not just others

Not just those who I care about

But… also myself

 

To unmask myself is to truly love who and what I am.

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