Dont Be fooled By me
Dun be fooled by the face i wear
For i wear a mask , a thousand masks,
masks that i'm afraid to take off
and none of them is me .
Pretending is an art that's second nature me
But dun be fooled
For God Sake dun be fooled .
I give you the impression that i'm secure
that confidence is my name and coolness is my game
that the water's calm and i'm in command
and that i need no one
But dun be fooled by me .
My surface may seem smooth but my surface
is my mask, ever- varying and ver -concealing
Beneath lies no complacence
beneath lies confusion and fear and aloneness.
But hide this . i dun wan anybody to know it .
i panic at the thought of my weakness and fear being exposed .
Thats why i frantically create a mask to hide behindto help me pretend.
My only hope , and i know it .
that is , if its followed by acceptance,
if its followed by love
its the only thing that i liberate me form myself .
form my own self-bulit prison walls.
from the barriers i so painstalkingly erect.
I dun like to hide ,
i dun like to play superficial phony games .
i wan to stop playing them.
I wan to be genuine and spontaneous and me .
but you got to help me .
You got to hold out ur hand
even when thats the last thing i seem to want .
only you can wipe away from my eyes .
the bland stare of breathing dead
Only you can call me into aliveness.
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