Behind the Mask
Have you ever been so afraid of something that your natural instinct is to run as fast as you possibly can in the other direction? Once your life becomes centered around running the fear starts to define you. It is in every thought, and every feeling you have. You become so equipped to the mask you wear, as you try to save yourself from your greatest fear -- along with saving others from the effects. Running becomes who you are and everything that you do.Yet the struggle to hide from that fear becomes more intense as the days go on. The mask that you have painted on so perfectly begins to fade. Some may say that the mask you paint on everyday is proof that you're fake; thus throwing genuine out the door without a second thought. When in reality that "mask" is showing who you really are and who you really want to be, but it is just trying hiding all of the flaws and imperfections as well as amplify the good. For me personally, the reason I put the mask on everyday is b...