A Masked Affair In crowded rooms, they wear their smiles, Shadows of truth, lingering for miles. Words like velvet, but hearts like stone, Everyone speaks, yet no one's known. Beneath the surface, lies entangle, Strings of deceit in every angle. A hollow dance, a fleeting glance, All lost in a charade of chance. Truth is a stranger, rarely embraced, In a world where masks have taken grace.