
“The Perfect Masquerade,” Matthew Wesley Tate
The Perfect Masquerade
This place is filled with many
Walks of life
Warehouses of personalities
Roam free. Many faces are
Covered and concealed
The masks are fresh toned,
Cleverly concealed. living
Off others, like everything’s
Free. charades becoming a
Part of their life.
Sociopathic in form, conscious
Free. No heart, callous,
All emotions concealed.
Emitting a vice into our life.
No longer free from within.
Concealed inside, ingrained
In sin.
Darkness now consumes your
Life.