I have a confession.
I was never brave before,
as I had always chosen the safest route possible.
I was never courageous before,
as I lived my life hidden behind a mask.
I was never totally honest before,
I convinced myself that I have shed away the mask,
but all I did was making it less thicker and that's it.
I was never wise before,
as I sowed wisdom into people's mind,
feeling proud that I made changes to people's life,
but rarely take heed of it myself.
I was never truly humble before,
as I consciously parade my blessings,
but acting as if I'm oblivious of them,
and secretly snickered at those who doesn't own them.
I was never the person I made people thought I was.
It used to be hard to live in that facade,
but as time passed by,
I was never the person I made people thought I was.
It used to be hard to live in that facade,
but as time passed by,
the facade has turned into my second skin.
Now, in this spot, I have been stripped bare.
Everything is transparent.
Everything is transparent.
There's no mask, no hole, no facade, no nothing for me to run and hide anymore.
It is strange. I previously thought this transparency would kill me.
Instead, I feel somewhat--
elated.
But, what difference will this realization make now? It is the end anyway.
Devastating as it is, there's a fact that I couldn't change;
the end of me is the end full of
regrets.
regrets.