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We wear different masks for different relationships.
In essence, everyone sees a “mask” of us, because nobody knows what we’re really thinking except us.
WE WEAR THE MASK
by: Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes--
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but oh great Christ, our cries
To Thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
Research Paul Laurence Dunbar. What is he speaking of when he refers to "the mask"?
