A Poem about Truthfulness

"Unmask"

Not everyone will be your friend,

       you can be nice but not everyone 

                can be nice to you --

     because you can't please them all.

Try to be away and they'll backbite you;

       when you are in fame and in richness, 

                everyone eyes are on you.

People seem to be so thoughtful and friendly,

       but when you're broke as hell;

                everyone seems to be gone,

    like a morning dew at daylight time.

It's hard to unmask the real and unreal,

      when everything seems to be so genuine.

Looks also matter in this fake society standards;

      when you're good-looking,

                everyone seems to like and follow you.

      but when you're ugly and stinky;

everyone will avoid you. 

No one seems to see you, unseen and ignored.

        and you'll feel like a shadow 

               lurking around in the darkness

      where no one can notice you --

even when you badly bleeding to death.

That's the reason why some people

        tend to wear a mask. 

               for reality is sometimes a curse,

                   so using a cloak can ease the pain

     of getting mock by the mob for being

just the way you are.

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