Ode To Masks

 

Masks are your friends
They will help you and hid you
and keep people from finding you

They make you strong when you are weak
and make you the bravest of them all,
when you are really scared out of your pants.

They will protect you when danger is near
and help you find your way when
you are lost in the woods

But you will praise masks
the most whenb...

...you can take them off
and become free of their powers

and be yourself.

 

 
 

--Lukas (8th grade, Evanston, IL, 2008)