Masquerade

Living a life, day by day, night by night,
Only a past to confide, no future in sight,
Only remains the present, a masquerade,
A dance of Fool's, a masked serenade,
Staying to the rhythm, stepping in sync,
Waltzing on a cliff, pushing to the brink,
Plastic smiles always smiling, never faded,
Dancing away memories, never jaded,
Around and around and around they go,
When will we stop, only you will know,
Why we live this life, can anyone guess?
Why we live this jest, a life of distress,
Will we ever confess? or simply digress?
Can we ever express, rather than suppress?
A lie from the truth, the truth from a lie,
Looking in the mirror, we still ask why,
A mark upon skin, what life has to bestow,
Denying what we see, refusing what we know,
The answer to all, what we have to confide,
The one inside, What we have always denied,
The breaker of masks, the key to the end,
Is nothing more than to simply transcend.