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Just speculating here. I pose a question in mid-air for any one who sees this, though I know not many shall, so yet again, I don't see the point. But I'm bored, and I'm tired. And when I'm tired, I tend to write. And when I write, I get dramatic. 3nodding

What, defines a person? As in, who they are, or what they are?

Is it their experiences in life, what they've gone through, or the way they appear to others? Or what they believe of themselves inside? Then again, it could be all of this, and nothing really makes sense. People assume things of other people, yet people continue to hold up the masks that allow these assumptions. If we all dropped our hands, and let these plaster smiles drift away, what would everyone see?

Who could stand to be raw and open to the world, and who would die from embarrassment. Who could own up, and adapt to the feeling, and who would shrink from our eyes, not with a mask, but to a corner, dissapearing before our very eyes.

Maybe it would be better if we knew everything about everyone. We wouldn't be able to maintain social boundaries, restrictions and tethers that hurt us now.

Is it dangerous to know everything about a person?

Is it dangerous to tell everything to a person?

Where do we draw the line before we reveal to much, and hand over our entire selves to each other?