“The Person Within”

Rebecca Kent

I hear them clapping, they’re happily cheering,

The last clown on the stage pleased them all.

And I watch as the clown takes off his face mask,

And shows his real face once more.

Is this what people like, a mask on their face?

Is the real face too worn and too thin?

Although the clown has been through so much more,

He’s the same kind of person within.

But when life is hard and people insincere,

Sometimes it becomes easier,

To be the clown in the loveable mask,

Without the worn wrinkles and tears.

Because if the crowd saw the person within,

They’d be shocked at the sight they would see.

The loveable face would be worn with such care,

The tears would come much more freely.

For the inner mind of the person within,

Is the hardest for mankind to see.

It is the most loveable, frightening place,

The most difficult state of mind to be.