ECHOES

Masks

I’m loving what I see

As you take off your mask.

That real face.

It’s the best one.

How come we all spend years

Plastering masks on,

And then even more years

Trying to scrape off every single one of those sticky layers of disguise?

Finally, hurts are healing,

So, masks are peeling.

You’re turning into 

An unburied treasure.

Bracha Goetz is the author of 42 books that help children shine and a candid memoir for adults, Nourish the Soul: Filling the Emptiness Within, documenting her journey in Judaism: www.goetzbookshop.com