“T was long ago, I remember well, the day that was the first
The pain from where I know not still, came to me in a burst
Try as I might to deal with this, consume me it did still
It started out the first of searches, to protect me at my will
Though aid was asked and at first given, alone I still would be
‘T was me in this that’s stopped the aid, I wanted to be free
And those that tried to help me still, a mask I made for all
The pain inside, still hard to hide, would be covered by this wall
In fairness now, I have to say, that none that would have tried
I would accept in the best of times, their effort would have died
And when it did I blamed them all, for why did they leave me
And trough my mask that sheltered me, I did not even see
‘T was long indeed for I first saw, that though my pain was real
Many out their tried their best to break my self made seal
I can’t say when, I do not know, but the day eventually came
I tore my mask away from me, and bowed my head in shame
I had blamed many for not caring, but in all truth I say
That they have tried, and tried again, but I would not let them stay
I turned them down and scorned them all, for they had let me fall
But looking at myself in truth, I had to be awoken by all
Those days are gone, well in the past, but remember I do well
And though I don’t know what makes me too, I sometimes have to tell
That the mask that I have torn, it gave me no relieve
It stole away a lot of friends, it made me an emotional thief
And the mask, that terrible face, lay on the floor in shatters
Too long my faith in that evil thing left my life nearly in tatters
But now I see, trough my own eyes, what things that I could be
And most of all, and proudly too, I can claim that I am
ME