Masked Poem by Uche Nwanze

Do not judge me when you don't know the demons I have had to fight
You don't know the half of my story
In my happiness hides my pain
In my laughter my sorrows is shrouded
In my victories my defeat eclipsed
Behind my beauty my scars is buried
In my opulence lurks my poverty
Behind my courage is my anxiety
Behind my gray hair is my juvenility
In my sanity my craziness is hidden
My confidence envelopes all my insecurities
In my strength my weakness is clothed
My success masks all my failures
Behind my virtue hides my vice
In my perfection my flaw is hidden
Behind my smiles my tears is shadowed
In my serenity my travails is cocooned
Do not judge me when you don't know the hell I have been