Persona Poem

I wore the saint
I wore the thief
I wore the boy
Who couldn't breathe

I wore the son
I wore the blame
I wore a smile
With someone else's name

And if you see the stitches
Don't pull the skin apart
I built myself from shadows
To hide the weaker heart

Don't break away
My mask

My mask
My mask

I wore the king
I wore the crown
I wore the joke
That dragged me down

I wore the ghost
I wore the wound
I wore the man
You wanted in the room

And if you hear the voices
Don't ask which one is mine
I've buried all the honest ones
To keep the rest alive

Don't break away
My mask

I can be kind
I can be cruel
I can be anything
You tell me to

I can be clean
I can be stained
I can be holy
If you don't say my name

Don't look too close
Don't say you know me
Don't touch the face
I made to survive

Don't call me out
Don't make me lonely
Don't make me prove
There's someone inside

I wore the saint
I wore the thief
I wore the boy
Who couldn't breathe

I wore the ghost
I wore the flame
I wore them all
And they all wore my name

Don't break away
My mask

If you break away
My mask

There may be nothing
Looking back