A Ramble through Smilie Land

Passing on move along
we drift in circles now
Im not certain who I am,
I not sure I even care.

The mask I wear outmost today,
Is pale and fraile as paper
It hides the stronger
shield I wear. Protect
Me from the world

Layers on layers
like an ogre
I have become.
Truth Is that now
Ive forgotten
who it was I am.

But today they fell
the masks weee smashed,
when I dropped them in the sink

for a moment there I saw
the ghost behind the mask.
wild eyes in the mirror
fear in every breath.

17 long years its been
since I saw her last
Now Im curled up in my bed
till my mask comes back.

Like a crab without a shell
Ill die without my mask.