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Individual Perfection
Secrets masked by discrete faces
Scars from different places
The face of perfection
will always hide true intention
No one should be able to see past cold eyes
But sometimes--there is nowhere to hide from
infinite lies
The wonderful masquerade of merriment
To hide the fear of a required predicament
It’s the face of perfection
Will always stop confession
Fear of failure
Fear of embarrassment
Fear of loneliness
ready to take root--
--they have already taken root
growing like weeds, wrapping around the voice box--
then mute
It’s the face of perfection
always the same
but made up of individual invention
Its true purpose is not to conceal the truth
from an outsider
but from the insider
Because once one reveals their face
another mask is there--
to take its place
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