the mask

Behind the mask is a man, just a man, not a superman but a regular man trying to find his place in the world. The mask allows him to hide from the world, allows him to shadow his doubt and fool the world. For behind the mask are secrets. The mask allows him to hide things away from the world, allows him to keep things to himself so that the world cannot use them agaisnt him, so that life cannot kick him to the ground and continue to bang him around. Many have tried to unleash what is behind his mask, none, except one has truly succeeded and that is when the mask takes him to his knees. Many know of what lies behind the mask, but none know why he wears the mask, for behind the mask is who this man wants to be but has not the courage to remove his mask and give his all. But there is hope, day by day his mak cracks as he finds who he is and wehre he is meant to be. One day the mask he will remove and cast to the ground as an unwanted stone, and then there will be no more mask, instead in its place, just a man.