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I need to stop angsting. >_>;

But yesh. :) Saw the challenge and knew I'd be writing something like this. <3

Challenge: Masquerade
Title: Open My Eyes
Word Count: 137, not including first and last lines...



masquerade

He looks at the material, almost numb. This is it. This little strip of cloth will forever separate him—from everything. Behind the cloth he can become anything, feel anything, and no-one will know. He’ll be come cut off from the rest of the world, a masked enigma floating through a world of cheer. The darkness hiding in the corner while the rest of the world bustles.

It means leaving behind all that has happened, and looking ahead to the future. It means he was once blinded, but now refuses to be. It signifies his willingness to fight, even against the darkness he cannot see.

Slowly, he raises the black material, pressing it to blue-green eyes—hiding them from anyone who would try to recognise him.

And for perhaps the first time in a year, he smiles.

hide your face…so the world…will never…know you…