The Mask

I'm wearing a mask
and its not one way
i don't know why its there
perhaps just to shield

it shields me from the outside world
where many people are
it protects me from the hurting words
and brings me through each day

it shields the people all around me
the people i don't want to hurt
it protects them from my inner feelings
and saves them all the heartbreak

i want to remove this mask
as it is hurting me from within
but if it will cause a nuclear explosion
i would be alone the rest of my life

so if i remove the mask
i risk losing people around me
but if it stays right where it is
i risk my own dear life

so tell me now what should i choose
i need to know it soon
and if i die tomorrow
what would it mean to you?