One-Man Masquerade

I am such a fool
Hiding behind these lies
Why can't I just be who I am
Even if I'm ugly inside.

Being so awful
I don't want to show it
I don't want anyone else
But me to know it.

How I truly am
How much I keep
Locked inside my heart
Where no can take a peep.

I pretend to be oblivious
While the truth is already known
I stay behind my gilded mask
Which I haven't yet outgrown

I'm actually a bad person
In a one-man masquerade
I have a nice front put up
But that is only a charade