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This was a poem originally composed by my loved one as a child. When she showed it to me, I immediately fell in love with it, so we worked on it again. This is dedicated and should be accredited solely to her. I love you.

Mask

© Potsim And Pikachu
I was once sad and lonely,
Having nobody to comfort me,
So I wore a mask that always smiled;
To hide my feelings behind a lie.

Before long, I had many friends;
With my mask, I was one of them.
But deep inside, I still felt empty,
Like I was missing a part of me.

Nobody could hear my cries at night
For I designed my mask to hide the lies.
Nobody could see the pain I was feeling
For I designed my mask to be laughing.

Behind all the smiles were the tears
And behind all the comfort were the fears.
Everything you think you see,
Wasn't everything there was to me.

Day by day,
I was slowly dying.
I couldn't go on,
There was something missing..

Until now I'm still searching
For the thing that'll stop my crying.
For someone who'll erase my fears,
For the person who'll wipe my tears.

But till then I'll keep on smiling.
Hiding behind this mask I'm wearing.
Hoping one day I can smile,
Till then, I'll be here.. waiting.


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Published: Oct 2008

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  • This poem touched me because right now I am going through the same thing. I have a mask on.....I put it on because I don't want to show people how I really feel. I put a fake smile and a fake laugh for them. I won't let anyone in, why....I don't know why. I guess I am scared, but in order for me to move on with my life with family and friends I hide behind a mask until one day it will come off.

    Nikkii Submitted Jun 2009
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  • Last year I had a boyfriend and a brother die to street violence. I felt so alone. I didn't show or express my feelings. This led to a depression. One night my mom and I had a fight and I wrote a suicide letter. We talked and now I'm okay. But I still feel as if I have on a mask crying on the inside

    Ego'z Submitted Jun 2009
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  • hey
    I absolutely adore this poem
    it's so true for some of us
    and I really appreciate your effort
    you have put into words what some of us feel
    well done

    Natasha Submitted Jul 2009
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  • I can relate to this...I feel like I do this all the time with everyone but a select few....and those select few fear for me....

    Nicole, Boyne City Submitted Mar 2010
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  • This poem was very touching . I have felt like that many of times . I truly believe that we put on that "mask" because we are scared that the person that comes in our lives will end up hurting us . I put on the "mask" every day because I didn't want people to see my weak side, I didn't want to get hurt by the ones I loved. I acted like they wanted me to be I was pleasing them instead of myself.

    Marianna Submitted May 2010
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  • This poem made me look at myself more intense rather than just scratching the surface. And to my surprise I too found myself wearing a mask. So I removed the mask to get a real look at who I am. What I felt like can be compared to getting out of a hot shower into the cold; I wanted to get back in the warmth but realized I'm gonna have to get out sooner or later.... I wonder how long I can stay in this warm shower?

    Kevin Gray Submitted Jun 2010
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  • Hi ,
    I love this poem , battling cancer for 20yrs. And finding out 3 years ago that I have an inherited blood disease.
    It has been a tough 20 years, just when I feel cancer took everything from me, I get the blood problem.
    I am only 42 years old - and I feel like I wear a mask all the time, that is why sometime's I just want to be home with my cat!
    Great poem!

    Irish Downs, Rhode Island Submitted Jun 2010
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  • omg Hun I am going through the same problems right now. school is about to start and I am planning on wearing a mask to school so I can get attention, but I will be coming home and crying :(

    Anastasia, Missouri Submitted Aug 2010
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  • This poem really touched me. I feel like since I was a little girl I've always worn a mask feeling so desperate for someone to love me, to understand me. I came from a childhood where I was always sent to my room and had no friends except at school, I had nothing. My one best friend was my mother she had me so young and we pretty much grew up together. Well to make a long story short, June of 2009 is when my mask really has came back on. My mother died in a car accident right before my eyes...the one person that knew me and loved me is gone...I completely understand what its like to deal with wearing a mask...

    awesome poem really inspired me

    Eden, South Carolina Submitted Feb 2011
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  • This poem makes me feel a little.....surprised I would have to say. My whole life I have been wearing a mask and just like this poem I have designed it to hide everything. My whole life has been lies and even now I wear a mask. I can relate to this poem.

    Samantha, Arizona Submitted Mar 2011
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  • This poem hits me hard like everyone else. I am speech disabled and I hide behind a phantom of the opera mask-a mask of a clown. A lonely clown. I do a lot of writing and the ones I love the most seem so far away-they never call me. I wonder if they hurt like I do?? It's like they have something to hide like I do. All I have wanted was for certain people to see beside the facade and to love me--but if I take off the mask for them they will hear something hideous that they will walk away from.

    Adam Submitted Jun 2011
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  • When I was 14, I was forced to stay wit my granny because my mama was always not around. My granny started treating me badly which lowed my self esteem as a kid when I was growing up. I was a very bright boy, because of the treatment I was given all that dropped down to low level. I couldn't have anyone to talk to, I was always alone, when I was wit my friends, I would pretend as if I am ok knowing deep inside I am not. I tried to get away from that situation by the use of drugs but nothing changed. I went to university after passing all my high school levels hoping something better would come up. I faked my personality by putting on a mask of somebody whose life is better. Well that helped me in finding who I really am. I started writing about things that I feel. Started attending poetry sessions, I began to remove that mask. Though I feel lonesome sometimes but I am myself now regardless of what happened in the past in my life. This poem relates me.

    Themba Ngwenyeni, Sebokeng Submitted Jun 2011
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  • It really was a wonderful poem. I've been so sad and depressed because of the fact I haven't found someone. It hurts me so bad inside that I can't have someone to love next to me, but I try to wait for the one to find me because I've tried and I'm so tried of trying. So I'm sitting and waiting for god to bless me with a wonderful man that is going to love me for who I am.

    Tuti, Chicago IL Submitted Jun 2011
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  • This poem is almost exactly like a poem I wrote year's ago . After dealing with childhood abuse at the hands of a male neighborhood man that everyone loved, I never told my parent's, but my 2-older sibling's saw it & as I got older I understand they did not want to be the one, but why not tell my parent's .
    His threat's where horrible-never told my parent's, my dad would be in jail.
    Not only wear a mask , I am a great actress, you have to be . Anything can set off these HORRIBLE MEMORIES.
    Casey67

    Casey67, Rhode Island Submitted Oct 2011
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  • I go to workshops with women who are hiding behind many issues, like the person in this poem. This poem helps us to know that we all have hid behind something in life, at times. However, we can have the courage to share, know that we're not alone and can overcome our problems. I love the essence of this poem

    Millie, New York Submitted Dec 2011
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  • I didn't have as much of a hard time as you did. I had a pretty easy life growing up. I guess I'm commenting to say I really like you're poem. It's very clever and it reaches out to people who feel the same way :) keep writing awesome person!!

    Lance Cheng, Quezon City Submitted Jan 2012
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  • So far in my 17 years on this earth I have had to live with a mask for over 7 of these years. It all really began with bullies that I had to hide from those I cared about. I never wanted to tell them what made me feel so much shame and misery and I never have. Now in high school I have to keep this charade up to not let my true friends suspect something is wrong even though they will tell me what us wrong with them. So I can relate to this poem and it makes me feel better to know that I am not the only person like this. I know this mask will never come off, not even when I die because I have never let anyone know the real me.

    Zachary Submitted Mar 2012
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  • I broke up with my girlfriend 2 years ago but still I can't let her go away...... And now she's with someone else...and I'm feeling ALONE

    Shayak, India Submitted Mar 2012
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  • I too wear a mask. I have to go to school every day and pretend like nothing is wrong, so that others can be strong. I believe that if I take my mask off that people will start to hurt. I believe that people look too when they are down and if I take my mask off they will be lost.

    Cody Submitted Mar 2012
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  • I have hidden behind a mask most of my life. I have depression along with social phobia.
    It's hard to pretend to people that you're fine when you really aren't. I've become pretty adept about faking it. I've even faked my psychiatrist into thinking I was fine when I really wasn't.

    Tammy, CA Submitted Mar 2012
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  • I feel the same way but worse and I can't even explain it but I've been wearing a mask since I was 3. It's been a hard life now. But I always tell myself when the bad is gone, the good will come.

    David Montalvo Submitted May 2012
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  • I related to this poem immensely, and felt like I was wearing a mask most of my life until I found my soulmate. He removed the mask I was wearing and made me smile without it, my tears and fears were wiped away with his gentle touch and his loving ways. It is love that can remove ones mask, true love. I am glad that this poem was shared with the world. because if it weren't for reading this beautiful poem titled The Mask, I would of forgotten what it was like to wear one and I don't want to go back to that life. God bless all of you and the person who wrote the poem. Holly Smith

    Holly Ryan Submitted 6/5/2012
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  • People says that I'm fortunate because I'm an only child, but the truth is that, I'm not free. My parents always hinders me to serve GOD. I feel like I'm all ALONE, but I always wear a Mask... a mask of joy, that no one ever knows. Pretending is just like eating a salty chocolate. They thought its delicious but the truth.. its not. But always remember, even the loneliest person in the world can be happy, by God's grace! because I believe that, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD :)

    Camille, Tarlac, Philippines Submitted 6/17/2012
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  • People say I always been lucky to have a older brother an older sister. Yes, for a while I was. I had a lot of friends from my childhood. but when times changed they stabbed me in the back. My mother turned into a stress maniac and blamed every one. My father disowns me. My older brother hates me Yes, we talk some time but its never the same my sister thinks I'm a big disappointment when I thought my friends and family would comfort me and help me in my time of need. but.. just like every one else they abandon me and cursed me. This is the first time I have ever talked about this but I guess I got to get it out some how. I'm only 16. and I'm already destroying myself. Will I ever find any one to help bring me out of the darkness? Will I ever be myself again :|

    Tom Mcguire Submitted 7/12/2012
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  • I'm crying because it's true for me everyone says I'm always cheerful but they don't know me I'm really actually emo complete opposite of cheerful I feel like crying every time we have awards ceremonies because I always get the most cheerful person award this poem has made me realize it's time for the mask to go. Here's my story and my poem.

    My mind is dark my blood is black I've hid my sorrow behind my mask but now it's gone and I'm distressed help me please I'm a mess I hate myself for feeling so bleak I can't write no more my heart is weak . Thanks for helping me when no one could.

    Justyce J Bradley ,Oregon Submitted 8/19/2012
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  • There is another poem, same name I think The Mask.....When I read it I cried I thought of my daughter because I know how she feels even though she thinks I don't have a clue, I feel all her pain she's been through a lot and I helped her as much as I could till one day I finally realized I wasn't helping her I was enabling her, it took me a very long time to get through the hurt....One day I was going through some poems I have and The Mask was one of them I started to read it and stopped to call my sister to read it to her, I didn't get half way through and was crying so bad I couldn't read. I told her it reminded me of my daughter and she said No!!! It's Me....guess what she was right...I'm 58 and still wear that mask, there has been so much heartache in my life, they say God doesn't give you more then you can handle but I think that's not true..

    Jacqui, Delaware Submitted 9/18/2012
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  • My mom got sick in November of 2006. She had her leg amputated in April of 2007. My Dad was diagnosed with cancer in May of 2007. He died June 18th of 2007. My Mom recovered in a nursing home....then my sister committed suicide in May of 2010. She left 3 beautiful kids behind with no one to care for them. My husband, my 2 daughters and I took them into our home to raise. My mom died this year on her birthday in April ( 2012 ). I feel like I'm alone most of the time. My husband works around the clock. Both of my daughters have graduated and I'm the one left working 40 hours a week, taking care of the kids, the house and most of all feeling guilty and alone. People at work comment how I'm always so smiley and cheerful.....but I'm dying a little more everyday....inside....where no one can see.

    Susan Colton Submitted 11/8/2012
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  • Thank you for sharing. This poem touches me. I have felt
    The same for the most longest time. It's the worst possible
    Feeling in the world! Thank you again.

    Love
    xXLaurenDelightXx <3

    Xxlaurendelightxx Submitted 1/11/2013
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  • I was once a little girl who could smile until my smile turned upside down. I was no longer a happy girl I was just... a girl... a very depressing one. What ever made my smile turn sad, maybe it was the fake mask I had. That day I learnt a valuable lesson stay true and don't be afraid to show your true colours
    I was once a little girl who could smile until my smile turned upside down.

    Mya, Didsbury England Submitted 1/24/2013
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