The Mask

(this was my project in our Humanities class last sem)

I'm wearing a mask of plastic happiness

to cover my true feeling which is sadness.

I always pretend to be fine 

but I know where to draw my line.

All i want  is the world to see

that my eyes is always glittering with glee

for my family and friends not to worry

about me being unhappy

I'm dying to do the things that I want to do everyday

but I'm afraid what you people might say

Wondering why I keep on hiding

with a mask that makes me keep on pretending

I dream upon a star

but you say my dreams are too far.

My heart is full of pain

that put me in vain

I want to let you show what i've got

but I ended up keeping my mouth shut.

For all of my life, all i want to do 

is to let all of you know

that I'm more than what you think

and i hope it will happen in just a blink.

Wishing all of you to like me as iam

and it will make my heart beat like a drum.

Hoping all of you would understand me sincerely

and it will help ,me live happily.

Acceptance is all I need from you

and please do respect me too.

Those are the things that will set me free

for you to see the real me.

For that i will stop pretending

and bid my goodbye to the mask where iam hiding.

I will live my life to the fullest for me to live happily ever after

without the mask that always makes me a pretender.