For years, I have suffered... Worried that others may not accept the real me... So I hid myself from discrimination using, a thick mask that will save me from overwhelming depression...

I'm just a simple person longing to love and be loved... But as the soul of loneliness come to me and hug me tight, I find myself in the corner of my room, trying to reflect what I am really finding... Each night, as I drift to sleep, I always try to count all the visible stars. But as I count them one by one, they all seem to fade away... I always try to hold back the tears... It seems to me that my eyes can no longer prevent the tears from rolling down my cheeks... And because of the confusion that is playing in my mind, I tried to solve the problem by hiding it inside me... By wearing a mask that covers my entire face...
Everyday, people around me seem to notice the new me... Is it because of the mask? I keep on asking myself... But I can't find the reason why they love the mask instead of the hidden face behind it... If only I can stay that way...
But i'm already tired. Tired of wearing that mask that keeps on getting heavier each day...

I want to take the mask away and learn to accept that I can never be the person who I wanted to be. I want to lessen the burden inside me.. because the mask doesn't seem to help at all... It can never hide the sadness... it can never make the confusion go away... Because, after all... it's just a simple mask... A mask that can be destroyed and renewed... But me... I can never be destroyed if I don't want to... I can stay being me as long as I can... I'm still a simple person, but a stronger one... So what, if they can't accept me? I don't really care... All I care is that I know that in a million people out there, there's still one person who would come up to me and say..." Friend, come and have some fun..."

I don't wanna see the mask in my mirror again, I wanna see my own face...smiling...