Masks Poem by Nalini Jyotsana Chaturvedi

Masks I wear are not for charade
but to help me
make my life less hard
they save me from, all the hurts
I don't need the Armour
a shield or automatic guns

I don't need, no pepper sprays
or those high tech laser rays
thank God for my irrelevance
made no bunkers to get away

but yes! I have
some other ways
that do help me
to hide away
from predatory eyes
who think I am their prey

masks that I wear
of various emotions
have proved to be
a good solution
polished well with
all that fake sheen
to hide my very real self
mingling well,
with other goods on the shelf
so that the real me
is always unseen