Raise the Mask
Laughing and smiling shouting and crying
Busting jokes inside emotions are flying.
Somewhat of a simple schmuck having to cover up all the stuff that has been adding up.
This simple boy with a grin has dreams and goals
Some of them basic and some of them be bold,
Like wedding rings, kids and super bowls,
I want to go on this trip but too many potholes.
Are in the way fake laughs and smiles are given away,
Behind the curtain is a young man with a childlike wonder,
This eager fat boy is dying of hunger.
Yet you see a young man, who is happy and satisfied,
A boy who has never stressed over a girl, never cried.
This mask is thick and worn no love for it to adorn,
A mask that sits on this boy’s face only to show that in his face,
A mask made to be what seems to be happy to keep him in place.
As I take of the mask, I ask you to move aside,
For a boy has died and a King has rised.