Don't be fooled by me

⇨September 18, 2009

Don't be fooled by me.
Don't be fooled by the masks I wear.

For I wear a thousand masks, and none of them are me.
I give the impression that I am secure.

Confidence is my name and coolness is my game.
But don't believe me.

Beneath lies the real me - in confusion and fear and aloneness.

But I don't tell you this, because I'm afraid to.
I am afraid that you will think less of me,
that you'll laugh at me.

I'm afraid that deep down I'm nothing and no good to you.

Yet only you can call me into aliveness -
each time you're kind and encouraging
each time you try to understand because you care.

Who am I? you may wonder.
I am someone you know very well.

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I did not write this, I saw it in my religion textbook and I liked it.