Rare Is the Person Who Shows Their True Face

Are you one of them that wears a mask? Most people wear masks.

Not because they’re fake  but because being real can feel dangerous.

So we filter.
We edit.
We share just enough to be liked, but not enough to be misunderstood.

We perform.
We mirror what the room expects.
We laugh on cue. Numb on schedule.

But beneath all that?

There’s a face few people ever see.
The one that holds the raw, unedited version of who we are.

The fear.
The softness.
The fierce opinions. The quiet dreams.
The shadows that we’re scared to show, and the light we’re scared to claim.

It’s not weakness to have a mask.
It’s survival.

But it’s strength  rare, startling strength  to take it off.

To show up without armor.
To say, “This is me  messy, certain, flawed, honest.”

And if you’ve met someone like that someone unmasked, someone real 
Hold onto them.

Because rare is the person who shows their true face.
Rarer still is the world that’s brave enough to look.