They don't understand
Never have – never will.
This isn't their brother,
hiding cowardly behind the mask.
Tolerated – laughed at
but my own fault.
They need me, I know it.
I need them too
but they don't know it.
I want it off
Show them the real me
expose my skin
but I can't.
They would not understand
The balance would be off
everything would be wrong
but I wish it wouldn't.
I want it off
But it will never be off.
So I keep it on.
For them.