'Tis told to me that one can wear

A mask so thin and fine

That none will know, 'cept  God and He won't care

For he knows what lies beneath this wrinkled frame of mine.

And so I don the mask

And test this case and see

If family, friends ,aquaintences can pierce the outward me.

The mask fits fine and the marks of time

Are in a trice well wiped away.

And so I tread my usual haunts, but what is this? I say.

None know nor care to speak to me

I've become an unknown stranger to my friends!

It's then I saw the masks they wore

So none then knew the other.

Let's lose the masks and take to task

The caring of each other.