We Become True When We Are Alone

To change a person,
do you know the first thing I do?
I make them stand alone.
When people are alone, fear rises in them,
and when they are alone, they begin to become true.
This is because time alone asks for no mask,
and above all, when people are alone in pain and hardship,
they have no need
to put on airs or to keep their pride.
That truth
is the honesty I want from you.