His eyes tell a story that begins with our love

            with small hidden secrets, sent down from above. 

My eyes saw beauty, my heart couldn’t lie,

        What a brilliant surprise that I had felt inside!

My heart began to swell, both thumping and beating,

         a sound my shield couldn't hide.

  Sparks flew around us like little bright fireflies,

            I remember it well… what our first kiss was like.

Warmth immediately consumed my body,

        with you holding me tight and close to you.

You're eyes staring straight at mine.

You were slipping through my fingers like a nightmare,

             and your warmth was replaced by coldness as I let you down.

You're body laid on the ground before me,

        the ever-growing blood surrounding you was like a wave of pain…

                         caressing me in the most uncomfortable of ways.

I felt my soul shatter as I stood there hopeless,

        I saw pain as you told me a story of the tragedy surrounding me.

I woke up to see that my dream was real,

         as I saw that mask staring right back at me.

I didn’t see pain or sorrow,

         but I knew of the story the lovely lady behind that scarlet mask had recited.

I didn’t know it, I felt it from within…

     the sorrow and great pain,

            …as I stared at the reflection of what I became.

Behind my mask lie memories that forever will remain.

For only thinking of those memories,

    will the wall I’ve built up crumble…

             until I'm left with merely the scattered remains.

Behind it, little dark secrets are hidden,

            …as I know the story behind who I am, and who I used to be.

            Behind this mask, that will always remain.

Nemesis Villanueva & Nitzabel Burgos