I put on masks everyday, every hour. Around my friends, I put one that hides the tears and pain. Around my family, I put on another one to hide my words. Around strangers, I put on one that covers the hole in my heart. Not physically, but mentally. We put on masks to hide what's underneath it. We feel that nobody will love us for who we are. We hide our real selves. We pretend to not care When we actually do We act like we care When we really don't. We care about others but we refuse to show it. We understand others, but can't understand ourselves. We give advice, yet we don't take it. We understand others emotions, but don't express ours. We support others but we shatter us. We help people when we can't help ourselves. We encourage others but discourage us. We hide behind masks because we are afraid of people and their opinion. We don't express ourselves fully And we never will. We'll suffer in silence, And lie to ourselves That we are alright. Yet deep down We are breaking ourselves even more. We don't understand ourselves Because we don't know ourselves. We don't know what we are capable of doing. We won't understand ourselves, Until we try to. Until we put effort, The same way we put on masks.