STORY STARTER
Write a poem that includes this line:
'The mask is slipping'.
That Mask
_How long do you think you can keep it going?_
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_That mask is slipping,_
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_Slowly but surely._
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_Those lies hidden by darkness are going to be revealed._
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_Those insecurities that you think no one else has?_
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_That mask is slipping,_
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_And you’ll see the lies you’ve been feeding yourself,_
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_The ones eating you alive._
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_How many more sleepless nights?_
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_Thinking of how your life will change,_
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_Dreaming of the impossible, _
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_It’s a drug, and you never want to leave it._
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_But you have to._
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_For your family._
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_For your friends._
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_For those who love you and can’t bear to see you hate yourself,_
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_To see you kill yourself slowly._
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_And it’s hard._
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_But that mask is slipping._
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_It’s slipping; and the truth?_
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_You want it to._
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_Need it to._
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_That mask, who you were, it’s slipping._
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_Don’t let it hold on. _
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