Take me back
To when I was invincible
To when I could protect myself
And the mask I wore
Was not one of fear and doubt
But now
My cape has been clipped
And my identity exposed
My superpower
Is super useless
Because the forces of evil
Now live inside me
And they taunt and torture
With the cruelest of intentions

Masks

It is a mask

What am I hiding,

You ask,

And to be honest

No better question

Has been formulated

Seeing as such

Life has me situated

Stuck between

Where I am coming from

And where I want to go

And those

Who are in the know

See me as that

Small, silly child

Stuck in a play-pretend hat

And I

Want to be in vogue

I want to break rules

And maybe

Go rogue

And be taken seriously

For once

I don't want to be

The dunce

So, to take a stand

I wear this mask

And what is it

You persistently ask

This mask

Is me

Everything you never wanted me to be

But everything

I was ever meant to be.