BEHIND THE MASK

Everyone hides behind a mask. They don’t want you to see the real them. When you call people fake you

aren’t really telling the truth. Maybe they have a mask on to protect you from the truth. Maybe they have on a mask to feel good about themselves.

Maybe it helps boost their self-esteem but you are too busy to see that. You are too busy pulling that person down and ripping them apart. You are too

busy to see that you have a mask on too. You are also too busy to see that you are the fake one. You are fake like society. You try to rip every ones mask

off to see the real them. Why don’t you take your mask off to show the world the real you. Don’t be scared of what others think about you. If you are

happy with yourself that’s all that matters.

Remember that one boy that you teased last week because of his mask. Well that’s the boy who cries himself to sleep. That’s the boy who starves himself because others call him ugly and fat. That’s the boy who doesn't see that he's  handsome.  That he is not fat or ugly or anything else. We all hide

behind a mask so why just pick on one person with a mask on? Why don’t you pick on every body with a mask on? Because you are too busy to criticize

that one person. Why don’t you take off the mask  and see how pretty and handsome you are? Why don’t you take off your mask so you know what it is like to be judged? 

Behind everyone’s mask is a hurt and sadsperson.  They are hurt because they are always criticized on how they look. They are sad because they think nobody will accept them for who they really are. That’s why we hide behind a mask. Not to be fake but to hide our flaws and our scars.

Nobody said being a teenager was easy. Nobody said that you would always be accepted. What if being a teenager was easy. Would you change your ways?

What if you would always be accepted? Would you take off the mask? If you want you can keep the mask on. Just remember don’t criticize someone because of their mask because they are trying to bebstrong and not show you weakness. Behind the mask lies the boy  who thinks he is ugly but is too handsome to look at all of the good things about him. Behind the mask lies the boy who cries himself to sleep because he has a bad life at home. Behind the mask lies the boy who is abused and puts on the mask so you won’t see all of his scars. All you will see is the mask and until you can gain his trust he will never take off his mask .If you want someone to take their mask off you have to gain their trust and then maybe they will show you the real them. Or maybe they are way too insecure to show everyone the real and true them. Everyone hides behind a mask... Even you.