Masked ball

Hidden faces

Dancing around freely

Imagination dances too

Magic

Colors splashed across bodies of mysterious figures

Their steps are mesmerizing, drawing me in

I take their inviting hand and they set me in my place

Trapped among those creatures… visible, yet unseen

Hiding behind the dark mask of their past

Pretending to be, for just one night...


*Perfect

Creates a beautiful                                    illusion to hide
    behind making others only guess and wish to know who lies beneath
but I'll never tell... it is my secret, mine, and mine alone, the secret only
I know the                              answer to but maybe                    who knows
   I will tell                                   but not tonight                           this is my
     night to make people wonder but not only will they guess I will too
          and who knows maybe                              we'll both guess right
            but most likely not                                        for the mask hides
                and all will be                                                hidden for just
                       one                                                              ­      night

Just look at me now.
All gift wrapped, and such
Do you like what you see?
Cause I don’t, very much.

                    As the lying won’t cease
                    And my truth is horrific,
                    You don't want to ask me
                    To be more specific. . .

So I’ll say goodbye
And tell you to go;
Don’t look for a truth
You won’t want to know.

The party has begun
and the faces are covered
the mask hiding truth
and eyes showing reality

those unknown circle together
as the music continues
and strangers mingle
under false references

yet there is one without a mask
the truth open for all to see
nothing to hide
and eryone stares

this man who is different
he is not accepted
those who are hidden rebel
and the one who shows the truth is lost

Hide behind beauty's façade
Dripping head to toe in fraud
We will dance into the night
Souls, for once, taking flight
Corseted waists so insanely thin
Disgusting secrets kept within
Painted lips form a shallow smile
Make-up covering features vile
We wish to stay so pretty and slight
Pretending perfection for just one night.