The first stanza is about being surrounded by people and having to wear my mask. I have to pretend to be happy by wearing a “smile”,I said it was “etched” on my face because it sounds more forced rather than natural. This mask is persuasive it is able to distort reality with its “silver tongue” so people do not realize it is all fake. I used a simile to compare my lying to “Pinocchio”. The lies flow so naturally it almost seems real but there is always a reminder. If it weren’t for the reminder I would be content with wearing this mask, the “cloudless day” makes my own personal grey cloud more evident. This whole mask is a lie, a show put on for the public. The second stanza is the mask I have on when I am all alone. I use a simile to compare
