Elucidating Questions

My mask has become a piece of armour

Hiding my true visage from the world

So I can sing my songs on the bus and most people won’t notice

So I can make that face at a customer

End facial expression policing I’m allowed to feel things

I’m human

Damn it

And once again Mariana’s Trench sends me to space

But I can experience it because my mask keeps my expression hidden

I can get lost in it

I wonder if anyone else experiences music like I do?

The Sun,

Ever lifting me up

Then tethering me back down

Cosmic DJ

Can you see past the mask and know my true self?

I tell you

I tell you all of the things I think

Save the night

You know, forever unfaithful, sorry

What a world to exist in

Where I have to insist my humanity while simultaneously denying it

Yes I am human

No I’m not like any I’ve seen

I wonder who I’m supposed to be

Should I hide away like I do?

It’s a mystery

Dare I get close to anything

Anyone

See I can justify animals

The life between meeting and final goodbye is filled with love

But humans?

They are filled with strife they force on others

See I put my strife in a hole on the net

I wish I could find what I’m looking for

So I could take off the armour.