Masked man

 The world praised 
The one face they knew.
Under your sincere smile
Lay another terrible you!

Of pandering,
Of weakening,
All done in the name of
Collective strengthening.

You died a martyr!
I wish you had lived long
Enough to see your mask torn by
The ramifications of your wrong.

Were you misguided?
Or was this premeditated?
Unsolved, this will keep us,
Ignorant, though educated.