The very best mask

[occasionallyasian]

I have the very best mask,

For mine is the mask that is happy and bright
and mine is the mask that I don't drop at night.

It's pleasant and laughing and bubbly and gay.
It covers the tears up and hides them away.

So please don't ask me, when my eyes are all hollow,
how I am doing; though good, my mask's shallow.

I'll smile and I'll giggle, but quietly cry
and quickly I'll nod and quickly I'll lie.

I'm glad that you love me, I'm glad that you care,
but it only hurts more, the more you're aware.

If you see me smiling, you never will know
if that feeling is true, or my real thoughts will show

For I have the very best mask.