Smile   - - - for the Unmask your mask Comp

 
There was a time
When I used to lie
To get others in trouble
I played the innocent
Sometimes it would work
Sometimes it wouldn’t
I’d play the victim
Even when I wasn’t
Classmates sometimes
Would get in trouble
As my mask slipped
Secretly I’d smile

There was a time
I used to pretend
To be something
I clearly wasn’t
Full of pride and ego
Full of machismo
As cool as Elvis
Sometimes I would
Get the girls
Sometimes not
As my mask slipped
Secretly I’d still smile

There was a time
I professed love
In order to get sex
Love was lust
I played the game
And so did they
Sometimes it would
Work in my favour
Sometimes not
But I did get
At least some sex
As my mask slipped
Secretly I’d smile

This is the time
I don’t lie
I don’t pretend
I don’t profess
I view masks
As cowardly nonsense
No point in hiding
Not any more
Don’t give a shit
About what you think
No more masks
I smile out loud