Painting my mask with colours
Reds, greens and blues
Tainting my shell with patterns
Stripes, dots and hues
Wearing my mask I leave
Strutting down the streets
Inside, my soul miserably grieves
Once I return to my sheets
The mask I decorated so strikingly
The mask I wear so elegantly
The mask I hold so sincerely
Is the mask I fashioned with dishonestly
Painting my mask with cries
Blacks, whites and greys
Tainting my shell with lies
Tears streaming as I pray
My confidence long astray