The Mask You Live In

Oh man 
Masculine
It’s the mask you live in

Shave by the blade
On the cheek of your skin
Cut deep 

Blood drips 
On the ballpoint of your pen.
Drenched paper, these words shall savor

Cry no tears
Breathe no pain
No weeping

Just gnashing of teeth
Inhale

His chest is puffed up
Pride of life 
Lions roar tonight

Cracks in my mask
agony in my smile 

Tribulations through trial
All the while
Beguiled 

By the mask you live in

Oh man
Masculine