If hate is just a mask
Why would anyone wear it?
What if hate is just a mask
For the tears
We hide beneath the silence,
Until they harden
Into something colder.
What if hate is just a mask
For when we’re deprived
Of what defines us,
Leaving empty hands
Grasping for life.
What if hate is just a mask.
Because we need a reason to live
When life shows
Its evil nature.
What if hate is just a mask
For when life asks questions
We can not answer,
And anger
Feels easier
Then standing alone in the dark.
What if hate is just a mask
For when we feel like less
Than those around us,
Watching others rise
While we sink in silence.
What if hate is just a mask
For when our reality
Drops below our morals.
If hate is just a mask
What hides
on the other side?