dress up

Adressing others in robe borrow,
In fashion calm the blue heart,
Fixing paint and to sorrow,
The mirror judges from the start.

So to the closet seek refuge,
In costume we take to task,
To prevent the sad deluge,
And lose yet find the mask.

For in the wonders of dressing,
It covers many a stealthy scar,
And to the silent glass impressing,
The reflecting judge goes to far.

It only shows what it sees
thus is the mirrors duty,
You the only judge needs please.
But sans masks lies true beauty.