HIDING     I sit here and I type I share my fears my hopes my dreams my inner secrets on the screen I have no mask this is my cupboard bare.   I share my nightmares my struggles within the beast who haunts me and shadows that lurk I have a mask that conceals this cupboard it keeps me safe     I have me myself and I finding trust in self I can share myself with you I can share myself with another I have a mask is it  friend or foe shall I take it off   A fire burns before me  I choose to be here I step into my fear I  step into the fire let it consume me transform Choosing to live in a place within me where no masks are needed.       Cara October 2006