a mask, a web

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I know that I'm not beautiful

Much less even pretty

Because it's not what matters on the outside

No, it's the things within me

My violent past,

my twisted lies

the things that no one knows

the things that I despise

These are the things that make me, me

These are the things that you don't see

I may look good on the outside

But my friend, that is but a mask

When I reach my hand out to you

I suggest you walk away

For there is no place for a person like me

who wears a mask during the day

My web of lies

so graceful and fluid

it will trap you in

and you'll never be free

So when I reach my hand out to you

I suggest you walk away

For there is no place for a person like me

who wears a mask during the day

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