Would like some feedback on a kind of long poem
Here goes~~~~~~~~~~~

"Mask"

Don't be fooled by me,
Don't be fooled by the face I wear,
For I wear a mask, a thousand masks.
Masks that I am afraid to take off,
And none of them is me.

Pretending is an art that is second nature to me,
But don't be fooled,
For God's Sake don't be fooled.

I panic at the thought of my weakness and fear of being exposed.
That is why I frantically create a mask to hide behind,
To shield me from the glance that knows.

But such a glance is precisley my salvation,
My only hope and I know it.
That is if its followed by acceptance.
If its followed by love.

Its the only thing that can liberate me from myself,
From the barriers I so painstankingly erect.
Its the only thing that can assure me of what I can't assure myself.
That I really am worth something.

I don't like to hide,
I don't like to play superficial, phony games.
I want to be genuine and spontaneous and me.

But you've got to help me.
You've got to hold out your hands to me,
Even when that's the last thing I seem to want.

Only you can wipe tears from my eyes,
Only you can call me into aliveness.

Each time you are kind and gentle,
Each time you try to understand,
Because you really care.

My heart begins to grow wings.
Very small, very feeble wings,
Oh! But wings!

With your power to touch me into feeling,
You breath life into me,
I want you to know that.

Who am I, you may wonder?
There are so many masks,
I am someone you know very well.
I am every woman you meet,
And every man you meet.