The Masks We Choose

Are you feeling all alone?

Are you overwhelmed?

Has life been a bit unfair?

Is something causing you pain?

Do you see only shadows?

Have you not found the light?

Do you hear the void calling?

Are you tired of the fight?

Know that it is not the worst

As well as being not the best

In years you'll remember a minute

And forget the rest.

Know that it makes you stronger

Even if that is not what you want

These demons you are facing

Couldn't forever haunt.

Know that it isn't ever simple

And no one is truly spared

You'll hear the echoes of misery

Once your own soul is bared.

If we answered with truth

To every 'How are you's

You'd see real faces around

And not the masks we choose.