#WritcoPoemPrompt48
Write a poem about a time that your illusions of someone or something were shattered.
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I once believed that I knew someone's secret, but I was afraid it would be exposed so I did everything I could just to keep it,
this isn't something that you can let just anyone know, bc if they knew there's no telling how far someone might go,
this type of vulnerability is dangerous and one should be fearful, always on edge and preparing for the worst, hiding in plain sight and all the while looking cheerful,
stressed, feeling fake, like I have to mask the truth or the me everyone don't see, I only wish I was not afraid, man that must feel so free,
now I began to question or doubt myself bc I was keeping the world at bay, always...