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Masks I wear many,

But not many see behind them.

Always rejected

Except by those dark as the one I despise.

I hate and I fear One of whom I will not speak

Yet I throw myself continually at his feet.

I am continual.

When all other hope is gone, I remain.

Those I defend I do not love,

And those I fight I cannot hate.

The one who hates me most

Is the one I will die to protect.

WHO AM I?