Mask Poem by Maggie Paige

Why can’t you see me?

Why do you only see my coldness?

Is it really too much to ask that you to see beyond my mask?

Can’t you see that the only reason that I’m cold is because I’m waiting for someone anyone to come and warm me, to just see me as I really am?

I wish everyday for someone to come and free me from my self made cage of Ice

I am so tired of only feeling flashes of fire, only flashes of true feeling

I feel so alone and yet I’m surrounded by those who love me

I don’t even know why I put myself in this cage

No one will let me feel

Why is it so wrong to get angry to scream to shout to just let it out

Please stop telling me to CALM down I don’t want to I WANT to get angry I want to laugh until tears roll down my face I want to feel sadness so deep I’ll cry for hours

Most of all I want to love I want to love so deeply that it will feel like my heart and soul are dying if the one I love is away

Just let me feel

Is that too much to ask?

Just see beyond my mask