How many hours spent
Polishing personas
Painting over scars and cracks
Hiding every ding and scratch
Perfecting every step and sigh
Practicing our alibis
Hiding deeper down within
Ourselves be unseen
Squelching every tender scream
Masquerading as someone who
Is balanced, calm, and true
How many lies are stacked upon
The book of truths
I see you there upon the stage
Dancing freely hiding rage
Trying trying once again
For a moment just to fit right in
There is a time of courage love
To drop the acts and rise above
Let go of who you’ve tried to be
Let yourself be seen and see
Who would love the you you hide
Who will stay there by your side
In intimate interlude you may just find
That you really like what’s in your mind
Once the past has been accounted
The present flows just like a fountain
The future then is the new mountain
Waiting for your feet to climb
Unmasked and whole filled with divine
There’s nothing now that you can’t do
To dance and fly and sing so true
Step off the stage and into life
Let go of pain and hurt and strife
Live
Live like you were meant to do
Live and to yourself be true
We drop our masks and dance
The music has come to an end
We clap and bow and in these shadows
A new dance can begin
