We Become True When We Are Alone

To change a person,
do you know what I do first of all?
I bring them into solitude.
When people are alone, fear arises,
and when they are alone they begin to become true.
For in time alone there is no need to wear a mask,
and above all, when they are alone in pain and hardship,
people have no need to put on airs
or to hold on to their pride.
That very truthfulness
is the honesty I want from you.