The Man Behind the Mask

Disclaimer: I do not own Phantom of the Opera

The man behind the mask:

who is he really?

Many say he's a beast;

a creature so hideous

that no one could love him.

Ever.

A cruel dark monster

who murders for joy;

who finds joy in other's pain

A dark creature;

a creature who never sees the light of day.

The only light it sees are candles.

The man behind the mask:

who is he really?

He is not what many think.

He is not a monster, creature, or beast.

He is different.

A tortured soul;

he wants what he cannot have.

It makes him feel pain.

A hidden genius.

Day and night he writes his masterpieces

in his eerie lair lighted by candles.

A man who wishes for beauty.

Behind his mask lies something he wishes to change,

for it denies him what he wishes for most.

A soul who wishes for love;

something he has never been shown before,

not by the world, his love, even his mother.

The man behind the mask:

who is he really?

A soul tortured by what he cannot have.

He wishes for something the world has never shown him

making him cold to the world;

causing him to create the music of the night.

That is the man behind the mask.