your mask

you play your game
i follow behind

trying to catch up
to your creativity

you rush about
flickering in time

i try to bring in
sensibility

you pause to listen
to what is right

acting like words
can change

but the mask you
wear wards off

anything that feels
strange

fly in an instant
towards your own
destiny

i knew all along
that you'd never
follow me

your mask forgot
to show

the you i didn't know

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