explain we wear a mask
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The poem We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar refers to people hiding their true feelings and emotions from everyone else behind a "mask." In the poem he refers to the cheerful facial expression that people thinks is necessary so that others don't see how they truly feel.
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We all wear a mask that makes it look like we're happy, but this is a lie. The mask covers our cheeks and casts a shadow over our eyes. This mask is the price we pay for the fact that people are capable of such deceit. We smile despite feeling as though our hearts have been broken and battered, and we make thousands of careful little tweaks as we speak to others so as not to reveal our true selves.
What use it would be for the rest of society to pay close attention to all the details of our suffering? No, society will only see us while our faces are hidden behind the mask.
But even as we smile, on the inside we're crying out to God from the depths of our tortured souls. We sing, but the mud we must walk through is disgusting, and the mile through which we must walk feels so long. Despite all this, let the rest of society pretend that we're not suffering. Meanwhile, we'll keep wearing the mask!